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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Onthophagini » Onthophagus » Scooped Scarab (Onthophagus hecate)
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Scarabaeinae - Onthophagus hecate - male
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Williams

Scarabaeinae - Onthophagus hecate - Male
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: tiny
Very small dung beetle found on creek bed, riparian habitat, eastern KS.

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Contributed by Andrew Williams on 20 December, 2009 - 12:36pm
Last updated 20 December, 2009 - 5:38pm

Moved
Moved from Onthophagus.
… Blaine Mathison, 20 December, 2009 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the ID
I appreciate the help.
… Andrew Williams, 20 December, 2009 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

running it...
through the key in Howden and Cartwright (1963) and coming up a minor male of O. hecate hecate. Not many species that are solid black and tuberculate (as opposed to punctate).
… Blaine Mathison, 20 December, 2009 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
hecate
O. hecate is correct... pronotal tubercles are clear in the photo.
… MJ Paulsen, 20 December, 2009 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
the
upward-directed clypeus and color of antennae also support hecate.
… Blaine Mathison, 20 December, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

may be fun -- will show around
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 20 December, 2009 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

 
cool, thanks V
..
… Andrew Williams, 20 December, 2009 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

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