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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Odonteus » Odonteus obesus

Species Odonteus obesus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range
Unknown Dung Beetle - Odonteus obesus - male Scarab Beetle - Odonteus obesus - female Odonteus obesus Leconte - Odonteus obesus - - Odonteus obesus ? - Odonteus obesus Odonteus - Odonteus obesus - male Geotrupidae: Odonteus obesus? - Odonteus obesus Geotrupidae: Odonteus obesus? - Odonteus obesus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Bolboceratinae
Genus Odonteus
Species obesus (Odonteus obesus)
Explanation of Names
Odonteus obesus (Leconte 1859)
Range
BC‒AB & w.US; the only western representative of the genus
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 11 December, 2007 - 3:34pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 3 January, 2024 - 5:56pm

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