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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Bess Beetles (Passalidae) » Odontotaenius

Genus Odontotaenius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Odontotaenius disjunctus Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Odontotaenius disjunctus - Horned Passalus - Odontotaenius disjunctus Unknown beetle - 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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