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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 bruneri

Species Bolbocerosoma bruneri

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
Bolbocerosoma - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Bolbocerosoma - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Bolbocerosoma bruneri - female A second individual that night - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Beetle - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Earth-Boring Scarab Beetle - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Clay Colored Beetle? - Bolbocerosoma bruneri Bolbocerosoma bruneri ? - Bolbocerosoma bruneri
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 bruneri (Bolbocerosoma bruneri)
Explanation of Names
Bolbocerosoma bruneri Dawson & Mccolloch 1924
Size
8.6-14.5 mm(1)
Range
central third of the US + MB(1)
Works Cited
1.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 November, 2006 - 8:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2012 - 2:27pm

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