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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Bolbocerosoma » Bolbocerosoma confusum
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Scarab? - Bolbocerosoma confusum
Copyright © 2008 Perry Babin

Scarab? - Bolbocerosoma confusum
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
December 5, 2007
I have photos of this beetle with its wings open and a few other images. If there is any interest in them, let me know and I'll post them.
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Contributed by Perry Babin on 11 January, 2008 - 12:21am
Last updated 7 May, 2009 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Bolbocerosoma.
… Mike Quinn, 7 May, 2009 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 January, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

Bolbocerosoma, perhaps hamatum
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Perhaps Phil Harpootlian will have more specific comments.
… Cotinis, 11 January, 2008 - 4:16am login or register to post comments

 
Bolbocerosoma certainly, but not hamatum
perhaps surprisingly the black markings are diagnostic - I need to pull my key, we have a couple of new ones for the guide in backlog. nice shots
… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 January, 2008 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

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