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Genus Odontotaenius

Representative Images

First instar larva and eggs - Odontotaenius disjunctus Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Horned Passalus? - Odontotaenius disjunctus Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) - Odontotaenius disjunctus Large black beetle - Odontotaenius disjunctus Patent Leather Beetle - Odontotaenius disjunctus Odontotaenius disjunctus Unknown Beetle - Odontotaenius disjunctus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Passalidae (Bess Beetles)
Genus Odontotaenius

Explanation of Names

Odontotaenius Kuwert 1896
Odontotaenius = 'dentate band/strip'

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 5-8 total(1)(2)

Size

30-40 mm

Identification

Distinctive elongated, flattened shape; antennae not elbowed, slightly lamellate(3)

Range

New World, mostly the Neotropics; O. disjunctus is widespread in e. US, O. floridanus is a FL endemic(1)(2)

Habitat

rotting logs

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.Odontotaenius floridanus new species (Coleoptera: Passalidae): a second U.S. passalid beetle
Schuster J.C. 1994. Florida Entomologist 77: 474-478.
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 March, 2004 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 December, 2012 - 2:50pm

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