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Species Osmoderma scabra

Osmoderma scabra Unknown large and leathery beetle - Osmoderma scabra Scarabaeidae - Osmoderma scabra Unknown scarab - Osmoderma scabra large black beetle on oak - Osmoderma scabra Beetle, seen close to the river, northern tip of Montreal Island Quebec - Osmoderma scabra Beetle - Osmoderma scabra large black scarab – Osmoderma scabra - Osmoderma scabra
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)
Tribe Osmodermatini
Genus Osmoderma
Species scabra (Osmoderma scabra)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Osmoderma scabra (Beauvois 1805)
Explanation of Names
Latin scabra 'rough'
Size
18-25 mm(1)
Identification
the smallest of our spp.; pronotum deeply punctate; elytra wrinkled, irregularly punctate; head deeply excavated between eyes
Range
e. NA (NB-ON-WI to NC-MS)(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.