Kinds of Scarabaeidae

Dung Beetles of northeastern North America

Jim Hayden & Sacha Spector
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,
American Museum of Natural History, New York
&
John Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

Scientific name -- Other names
   Ateuchus histeroides Weber 1801
   Ateuchus lecontei (Harold) Blackwelder and Blackwelder 1948
   Canthon chalcites (Haldeman, 1843) -- Tumble bug
   Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Tumble bug
   Canthon probus (Germar) LeConte 1863 -- Tumble bug
   Canthon vigilans LeConte 1858 -- Tumble bug
   Canthon viridis (Beauvois) LeConte 1859 -- Tumble bug
   Copris fricator Fabr. 1801
   Copris minutus (Drury) Horn 1873
   Dichotomius carolinus (L.) Martinez 1951
   Melanocanthon bispinatus (Robinson) Halffter 1958 -- Tumble bug
   Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say) Halffter 1958 -- Tumble bug
   Onthophagus concinnus Laporte 1840
   Onthophagus gazella (Fabr.)
   Onthophagus hecate (Panzer) Blatchley 1928
   Onthophagus nuchicornis (L.) Curtis 1825
   Onthophagus orpheus (Panzer) Sturm 1943
   Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold 1871
   Onthophagus striatulus (Beauvois) Sturm 1826
   Onthophagus subaeneus (Beauvois) Haldeman and LeConte 1853
   Onthophagus taurus (Schreber)
   Onthophagus tuberculifrons Harold 1871
   Phanaeus vindex MacLeay 1819

Updated: 2010-03-19 15:26:58

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