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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Phanaeini » Rainbow Scarabs (Phanaeus) » Phanaeus difformis
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Phanaeus difformis - male
Copyright © 2008 David Almquist

Phanaeus difformis - Male
7.3 miles S of Falfurias, Brooks County, Texas, USA
October 24, 1992
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Contributed by David Almquist on 25 November, 2008 - 8:37pm
Last updated 4 March, 2023 - 2:46pm

Hello David -
I hear Texas is a big place - could you narrow it down to county, if not a specific locality? Beautiful image, by the way.
… Bob Beatson, 26 November, 2008 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes:-)
We all want to run down there and get our own specimens:-) LOL! Wouldn't this look great over the fireplace in a dollhouse?
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 November, 2008 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Ooops -
I do forget that people collect these guys. Since I don't, I overlook the tendency for others to do so. Locality in some cases is probably best left out. By the way Eric, your book is outstanding - great work. Definitely the best general guide to narrow down an ID for a new-found six-legged critter.
… Bob Beatson, 28 November, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
locality
I don't see any reason to purposely leave out the locality for anything but very localized populations of extremely rare spp. The locality for his one was Brooks County, 7.3 miles S of Falfurias, October 24, 1992.
… David Almquist, 28 November, 2008 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phanaeus difformis.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 25 November, 2008 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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