Species Odonteus liebecki

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited

Earth-boring Scarab - Odonteus liebecki - male

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 liebecki (Odonteus liebecki)

Explanation of Names

Odonteus liebecki Wallis 1928

Size

6‒10 mm

Range

e.NA (NS‒SC to ON‒WI)(1)(2)

Season

May & Jul‒Oct in SC(2)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 6 June, 2005 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 3 January, 2024 - 5:35pm

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