Dung Beetle? - Orizabus clunalis

Moved

Moved from Orizabus.

… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2010 - 5:40pm

det.

Orizabus clunalis (LeConte)--a variable species in size and color (red to black).

… William B. Warner, 2 January, 2010 - 3:40pm

William B. Warner

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Bill Warner

Bill Warner has a broad interest in mostly North American Scarabaeoidea. Current research interests include revisions of the genera Orizabus, Chnaunanthus, and the North American Cremastocheilini, as well as an interest in faunistics of Arizona Scarabaeiodea.

WILLIAM WARNER
1345 W. Gila Lane
Chandler, AZ
85224 U.S.A.

TEL: (602) 456-9329
INTERNET: wbwarner1@cox.net

PUBLICATIONS:

Warner, W.B. 1985. A revision of the Cremastocheilus (Myrmecotonus): the
Robinsoni group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin,
39(2):103-110.

Lingren, P. D., W. B. Warner & T. J. Henneberry. 1988. Influence of
delayed mating on egg production, egg viability, mating, and longevity of
female pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Environmental
Entomology, 17(1):86-89.

Lingren, P. D., W. B. Warner, J. R. Raulston, M. Kehat, T. J. Henneberry,
S. D. Pair, A. Zvirgzdins, & J. M. Gillespie. 1988. Observations on the
emergence of adults from natural populations of corn earworm, Heliothis zea
(Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Entomology,
17(2):254-258.

Warner, W. B. 1990. Two new North American Copris Müller, with notes on
other species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pan Pacific Entomologist,
66(3):232-240.

Warner, W. B., D. C. Hawks, G. P. Bruyea, and R. Le Blanc. 1992. Two new
Costa Rican Plusiotis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
Coleopterists Bulletin, 46(1):95-101.

Warner, W. B. 1992. Book review: The Scarab Beetles of Nebraska by B. C.
Ratcliffe. Great Plains Research, 2(1):143-144.

Warner, W. B. and M. A. Morón. 1992. A revision of the Phyllophaga
subgenus Triodonyx Saylor (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the
Kansas Entomological Society, 65(3):321-340.

Warner, W. B. 1992. A new North American Spodistes Burmeister
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 46(4):378-383.

Warner, W. B. 1993. Control of Equine Ectoparasites. Proceedings of the
Second International Symposium on Ectoparasites of Pets, pp. 59-63.

Warner, W. B. and J. Monzón. 1993. A new Plusiotis from Guatemala and
Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Insecta Mundi, 7(1-2):211-213.

Warner, W. B. 1995. Two new Glaresis from the desert Southwest, with
notes on the identity of Glaresis mendica Horn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Glaresinae). Insecta Mundi, 9(3-4):267-271.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN PREPARATION

Warner, W. B. In preparation. A Revision of the North American
Cremastocheilini, with a revision of the genus Cremastocheilus (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae).

Warner, W. B. In preparation. A review of the US Orizabus, with
description of two new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae).

Warner, W. B. In preparation. A revision of the genus Chnaunanthus
Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).

Warner, W. B. In preparation. Two new species of Phyllophaga
(Listrochelus) from the desert Southwest (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Melolonthinae).

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PRESENTED

Warner, W. B. 1991. Subgeneric phyllogeny and mating behaviour in
Cremastocheilus Knoch (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomological Society
of America National Meeting, Fromal Symposium (invited paper).

Warner, W. B. 1993. Control of equine ectoparasites. Second
International Symposium on Ectoparasites of Pets (invited paper).

POPULAR ARTICLES PUBLISHED

Warner, W. B. 1991. Scatological ramblings / a scarabaeologist's guide to
dung trapping. Los hermanos de caca. SCARABS, 2:1-4.

Warner, W. B. 1993. How to make your own venturi aspirator, or "Blow,
blow/suck is only a figure of speech." SCARABS, 9:1-3.

… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2010 - 5:39pm

Orizabus sp.

This is actually one of the Dynastinae: Pentodontini - probably Orizabus sp. [will place there for now], which is similar to our eastern genus Aphonus and differs from the widespread Tomarus [=Bothynus, Ligyrus] by lacking the typical apical pronotal pit [hard to tell in photo].

Any chance of getting better lit photo? or speciman to examine?

… Phillip Harpootlian, 8 August, 2005 - 10:38am

Orizabus

Thanks for the help identifying; sorry I don't have a better photo. I took found this bug while on vacation, and did not have time to get a great shot of it.

… KaitlynD, 10 August, 2005 - 8:46pm

C'est la vie

Still good to have it here - remarkably few (none till now) of this group being shot - I'm surprised - I have been expecting to see some Tomarus spp.
Thanks.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 August, 2005 - 12:51pm

NM searchable database

the widespread sp. in NM is O. clunalis. A search on the genus shows three spp., two of which are still valid; O. clunalis (=ligyroides) and O. pyriformis.

… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 October, 2006 - 7:21am

Not dung beetle

The superfamily is the same, however: Scaraboidea. Dung beetles are fitted with a broad shovel face that lets them dig rapidly to bury their precious finds of excrement before the flies get to it. This is a scarab of some sort that someone may be able to pin down for you.

As to the hour, shadows pretty much disappear at noon. That looks like a four or five o'clock shadow. Maybe six o'clock even.

… Jim McClarin, 7 August, 2005 - 8:31pm

Correction

What was I thinking! Of course shadows disappear at noon. I remembered taking this shot on the way to lunch-- guess it was dinner.

… KaitlynD, 7 August, 2005 - 9:03pm