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Species Odonteus obesus

Earth-Boring Beetle? - Odonteus obesus - female

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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