New state record for Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maryland, USA.
By Simons, P. and D.L. Price.
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Simons, P. and D.L. Price. 2019. New state record for
Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maryland, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(1): 200-201.
Deltochilum gibbosum is reported in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Mexico (Woodruff 1973; Barney 1980; Masis and Marquis 2009; Fiene et al. 2010; Evans 2014).
Here, we report the first state record of
D. gibbosum in St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA. Two specimens were captured in Point Lookout State Park, Scotland, Maryland, in a pitfall trap baited with human dung. The first author set the trap on 29 August 2017 and retrieved the beetles on 11 September 2017.