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

Subfamily Bolboceratinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Sand Loving Scarab of some sort. - Eucanthus greeni Bolbelasmus hornii (Rivers) - Bolbelasmus hornii - male Bolbelasmus hornii? - Bolbelasmus hornii Little scarab - Odonteus Bolboceras sp? - Bolbocerosoma farctum - female Dark red beetle - Eucanthus Bolborhombus sallei? - Bolborhombus sallei Odonteus sp., filicornis? - Odonteus - 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
Explanation of Names
From Bolboceras (a junior synonym of Odonteus), 'bulbous horn'
Numbers
ca. 40 spp. in 7 genera in our area, >300 spp. in 13 genera total(1)
Identification
antennae with 11 segments, last 3 forming a club; eyes partially or completely divided by a canthus
see(2)(3)
Range
worldwide, incl. most of our area(1)
Food
adults feed on fungi; larvae of some genera (Eucanthus, Bolboceras, Bolbocerosoma), on fine humus formed into a brood ball(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae, with revisions of the genera....
H.F. Howden. 1955. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 104(3342): 151-319, plates 1-18.
3.Scarabaeid beetles of the genus Bradycinetulus and closely related genera in the United States
O. L. Cartwright. 1953. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington Vol. 103, No. 3318: 95-120.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 June, 2005 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 11:52am

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