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Bess Beetle

Odontotaenius sp.

Description:

Black beetle. 4 cm long.

Habitat:

Lacandon Rainforest.

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2 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Bayucca for the ID and the link.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Passalidae, Bess Beetle. In US there is only one species: Odontotaenius disjunctus. In Mexico you probably have more species and ID is very tricky.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2864/bgima...

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 12, 2013
Submitted on Apr 3, 2014

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