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Spotted on Jun 29, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012
6 Comments
Thaptor is definitely on the right track.
A similar record is present in the Beetles of Borneo website. It may be Catharsius or Heliocopris sp.
http://borneobeetles.myspecies.info/file...
Actually I just found a picture of the beetle I posted in a Costa Rican publication of insects. It's called a short horned Stag Beetle, Abuela, Bueicito.
Veturius sp, 37 mm.
Yes, Heide, it is a Dung beetle: Coprini tribe.
Don't know, if this checkist is complete (2 genera, about 10 species):
http://insectoid.info/checklist/coprini/...
but once had been on Sulawesi, and there were but two Copris present.
Your beetle probably is a female (hornless), ID in these is for experts.
I looks like it had mites on it
I am not sure if this is a dung beetle. Please help identify!
A dung beetle with mites probably.