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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 adonis

Species Phanaeus adonis

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Phanaeus adonis - male - female Phanaeus adonis Harold - Phanaeus adonis - male Phanaeus adonis Harold - Phanaeus adonis - male Phanaeus adonis Harold - Phanaeus adonis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Phanaeini
Genus Phanaeus (Rainbow Scarabs)
Species adonis (Phanaeus adonis)
Other Common Names
Blue Phanaeus
Explanation of Names
Phanaeus adonis Harold, 1863
Numbers
7 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
12-17 mm long, 7-11 wide (2)
Identification
All US specimens have been blue, but green examples have been collected as far north as southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. (3)
Range
southmost TX (Cameron Co.) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)
Season
Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
May (1), June (1), September (7), October (5). (2)
Food
Coprophagous (dung feeding). (3)
Life Cycle
Most spmns ex. pit-fall trap baited with swine feces (2)
Remarks
First U.S. record published in Riley & Wolfe (2003) (5)

TEXAS: Cameron Co.
15 mi. E Rio Hondo
VI-13-14-1995
C. Cate & M. Quinn-76
swine feces pit-fall

Texas Parks and Wildlife considers this sp. a SGCN (6)
Print References
Edmonds, W.D. 1994. Revision of Phanaeus Macleay, a New World genus of Scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 443: 1-105. (3)
Halffter, G. and E. G. Matthews 1966. The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 12-14: 1-312.
Harold, E. 1862(1863). Beiträge zur Kenntniss einiger coprophagen Lamellicornien. (Fünftes Stück). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 327-389.
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp. (5)
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2009
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.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
3.Revision of Phanaeus MacLeay, A New World genus of scarabaeine dung beetles
Edmonds, W.D. 1994. 1994. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions to Science 443.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
6.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 10:05pm
Last updated 27 March, 2019 - 9:06am

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