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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) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Ateuchini » Ateuchus » Ateuchus lecontei
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shiny scarab - Ateuchus lecontei
Copyright © 2012 john and jane balaban

shiny scarab - Ateuchus lecontei
Mobile, Robert's back yard, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 26, 2012
Mike, it looks like the ones we photographed have the single notch on the pronotum. gathering_2012

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 August, 2012 - 8:14pm
Last updated 15 September, 2012 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Ateuchus.
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2012 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

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… Brad Barnd, 3 August, 2012 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Ateuchus sp.
looks like A. histeroides based on lateral margin of pronotum. Wouldn't hurt to have a scarab guy confirm, though.
… Blaine Mathison, 3 August, 2012 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, yes.
There's that notch that Mike Quinn talked about. He also photographed one and should be posting his better images next week sometime.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2012 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

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