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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Bolbocerosoma » Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

Species Bolbocerosoma tumefactum

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Bolbocerosoma tumefactum - male Colorful Dung Beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum Colorful Dung Beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum Colorful Dung Beetle - Bolbocerosoma tumefactum Bolbocerosoma tumefactum - male Bolbocerosoma tumefactum Bolbocerosoma tumefactum Bolbocerosoma tumefactum - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Bolboceratinae
Genus Bolbocerosoma
Species tumefactum (Bolbocerosoma tumefactum)
Size
8-11 mm
Identification
Orange-brown with dark markings. Note medial dark spot on pronotum, often merging with basal band.
Range
Eastern United States: New York to Georgia, west to Ohio, Tennessee.
Season
June-October (South Carolina). May-September (North Carolina).
See Also
Bolbocerosoma farctum has all-yellowish pronotum with no spot.
Print References
Harpootlian, p. 55, fig. 265 (1)
Brimley, p. 201, lists from mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina (2).
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
2.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 June, 2006 - 12:16pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 27 November, 2006 - 4:02pm

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