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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Phobetusini » Phobetus
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scarab - Phobetus
Copyright © 2013 Joyce Gross

scarab - Phobetus
Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
March 30, 2013
Beetle was found flying low over a wash on the west side of the Carrizo Plain. Caught for photos and released.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 28 April, 2013 - 1:24pm

Art Evans says, "Phobetus is a mess and in need of revision.
"I am not sure of the species in Joyce's photo, other than it is something near humeralis. I am not familiar with any species of Phobetus taken in Carrizo Plain.
… v belov, 29 April, 2013 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for asking Art, v
"Phobetus is a mess and in need of revision" is more or less what Art wrote in his California beetles book. Alas.
… Joyce Gross, 29 April, 2013 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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