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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Aphodiini » Diapterna
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Scarab-ish beetle on grass - Diapterna
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Scarab-ish beetle on grass - Diapterna
Rich's Head, Long Island, Frenchboro, Hancock County, Maine, USA
June 14, 2012

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 July, 2012 - 10:17pm
Last updated 5 July, 2012 - 4:44am

D. hyperborea?
Seems to fit morphologically and geographically. Best to wait for Paul Skelley though.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 July, 2012 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 5 July, 2012 - 4:44am login or register to post comments

i simply cannot believe the size & shape of this scutellum
too bad i'm away from my sources; those with scutellum that long are mostly non-native, as far as i know
… v belov, 5 July, 2012 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

 
wow, i completely missed that
with keys I have available, this would then be either A. pinguis Haldeman or A. hyperboreus LeConte
… Brad Barnd, 5 July, 2012 - 2:20am login or register to post comments

 
pinguis vs. hyperboreus
Would the differences be anything that would be apparent at this resolution, at the right angle? I took a bunch of shots of this one, though unfortunately I didn't have my good lens with me.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 July, 2012 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

 
cool; thanks, man -- glad it's an indigenous sp.
...and a new one for the guide, too
… v belov, 5 July, 2012 - 3:13am login or register to post comments

Aphodius (s.l.)
… Brad Barnd, 4 July, 2012 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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