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Species Osmoderma scabra

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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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 30 April, 2005 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV, Bbarnd, v belov, Russell Rogers
Last updated 26 November, 2018 - 7:54pm

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