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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Deltochilum » Humpback Dung Beetle (Deltochilum gibbosum)

Species Deltochilum gibbosum - Humpback Dung Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Dung Beetle ? - Deltochilum gibbosum - female

Deltochilum gibbosum gibbosum - Deltochilum gibbosum - male

It takes two... Deltochilum gibbosum - Deltochilum gibbosum

Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius) - Deltochilum gibbosum

Heavy lifting Deltochilum gibbosum - Deltochilum gibbosum

Deltochilum gibbosum? - Deltochilum gibbosum

Deltochilum gibbosum in Illinois - Deltochilum gibbosum

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 Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Tribe Deltochilini

Genus Deltochilum

Species gibbosum (Humpback Dung Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius 1775)

gibbosum = 'humpbacked'; the common name is based on the scientific one

Size

20-25 mm(1)

Identification

♂

♀ (lacks elytral humps)

Large, round, dull black beetle. Male has a prominent hump on each elytron. Front tarsi absent. Clypeus has two sets of teeth, the inner ones pointy, the outer rounded (hard to see in photos):

Range

se US (TX-FL-MD-KS) - Map (1)(2)(3)

Habitat

wooded places; on carrion, dung, rotting fruit, fungi.(1)(4)

Life Cycle

brood ball typically pear-shaped, covered with soil and sometimes leaves, and placed in a shallow burrow(4)

Print References

(5)

Internet References

Howden H.F., Ritcher P.O. (1952) Biology of Deltochilum gibbosum (Fab.) with a description of the larva. The Coleopterists Bulletin 6(4): 53-57. (JSTOR)

Works Cited

1.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

2.	New state record for Deltochilum gibbosum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Maryland, USA. Simons, P. and D.L. Price. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(1): 200-201.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	The Scarab Beetles of Florida Robert Woodruff. 1973. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 2 July, 2004 - 4:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 July, 2021 - 12:58pm

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