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Tribe Phileurini

Bat Faced Beetle. he he. - Phileurus truncatus

Hemiphileurus illatus? - Hemiphileurus illatus

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 Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Phileurini

Numbers

4 spp. in 3 genera in our area, 21 genera in the New World(1)(2)

Identification

Appearance distinctive. Typical characteristics:

body somewhat flattened (depressed)

horns or tubercles (small rounded bumps) on head and (often) pronotum

clypeus rounded, with pointed tip, or small horn

pronotum with deep lengthwise groove in middle

mentum expanded, covering bases of labial palpi (Dynastinae key)

rearmost tibia truncated or digitate (having fingerlike projections) at apex (outermost end)

rearmost tarsomere 1 with a large spine at apex

Range

worldwide, but mostly tropical; in our area, mostly s. US(1) (north to IN)

Print References

(3)

Internet References

(4)

McCleve (2007) (carnivorous/predatory habits)

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.	Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm

3.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

4.	Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 6:58am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 28 September, 2011 - 8:36pm

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