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Burrowing beetle

Bolbohamatum sp.

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Notes:

dung beetle?

2 Species ID Suggestions

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RicardoBayshark
RicardoBayshark 12 years ago
None
Bolboceronae
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LennyWorthington
LennyWorthington 10 years ago
Burrowing Beetle
Bolbohamatum sp. Bolboceratine scarabs of the Oriental genus Bolbohamatum nov. (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) - BioStor


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4 Comments

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 10 years ago

Thank you Lenny. Seems like i missed out on the suggestion by Ricardo as well. Thanks Ricardo. (Y)

LennyWorthington
LennyWorthington 10 years ago

Excellent photos.
Yours could be B.syncopator.
I have only seen this species once here in Thailand.
Very interesting species.
Check out the paper by J.Krikken

SandraH
SandraH 12 years ago

excellent shot. definitely some sort of rhino beetle

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 12 years ago

Some sort of rhino beetle, anyway a member of the Coleoptera family, probably Onthophagus subgenus.

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ChimeTsetan
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ChimeTsetan

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Sep 23, 2011
Submitted on Sep 23, 2011

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