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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Bolboceratinae » Bolbocerosoma » Bolbocerosoma farctum

Species Bolbocerosoma farctum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
Beetle - Bolbocerosoma farctum Black and Orange Beetle - Bolbocerosoma farctum Bolbocerosoma farctum? - Bolbocerosoma farctum Black and orange beetle - Bolbocerosoma farctum Black and orange beetle - Bolbocerosoma farctum Black and orange beetle - Bolbocerosoma farctum beetle080517a - Bolbocerosoma farctum Bolboceras sp? - Bolbocerosoma farctum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Bolboceratinae
Genus Bolbocerosoma
Species farctum (Bolbocerosoma farctum)
Explanation of Names
Bolbocerosoma farctum (Fabricius 1775)
farctum 'stuffed'
Size
9-13 mm(1)
Range
e US (NY-GA to OH-MS)(1)
Habitat
under logs, in burrows, at lights(1)
Season
May-Oct in NC(2), Jun-Oct in SC(3)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 7 September, 2004 - 1:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 10 May, 2019 - 6:13pm

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