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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Phanaeini » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus difformis
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Phanaeus difformis - male
Copyright © 2007 Steven Barney

Phanaeus difformis - Male
vic. I-37 and Mathis rd., Bexar County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2007
Size: 18.5mm
tx, bexar co.
vic. I-37 and mathis rd.
oct 2007
d.w.sundberg
dung pitfall trap

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Contributed by Steven Barney on 4 November, 2007 - 7:27pm
Last updated 28 November, 2016 - 8:44am

just curious
having trouble seeing difference between this and vindex, just looking at the pronotum and head. What characters separate the two?
… Kojun Kanda, 5 November, 2007 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
vindex -vs- difformis
Kojun,

I put this together:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/155571/bgimage
… Steven Barney, 5 November, 2007 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for size and this explanation.
I wondered about the difference also. Nice to see another species.
… Jim McClarin, 6 November, 2007 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

 
ah
ah thanks. cool bugs!
… Kojun Kanda, 5 November, 2007 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rainbow Scarabs.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 5 November, 2007 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Size
?
… Jim McClarin, 5 November, 2007 - 4:38am login or register to post comments

 
Jim, He is 18.5 mm (just
Jim,

He is 18.5 mm (just checked)
… Steven Barney, 5 November, 2007 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

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