Biology:Hybosorus roei

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Short description: Species of beetle

Hybosorus roei
Hybosorus arator (Illiger, 1803) (2966310437).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hybosoridae
Genus: Hybosorus
Species:
H. roei
Binomial name
Hybosorus roei
Westwood, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Fairmaire, 1895 Reiche, 1853
  • Endrödi, 1957 Hybosorus nitidus
  • Hybosorus illigeri Lansberge, 1882
  • Hybosorus nossibianus Hybosorus palearcticus

Hybosorus roei is a species of scavenger scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] Adults feed on carrion in its early stages of decomposition of both vertebrae and invertebrate.[5] Their size ranges from 7–9 mm.[6]

Hybosorus illigeri. Small Scarab Beetle - Flickr - gailhampshire (1).jpg

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hybosorus roei Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=930109. Retrieved 2018-05-02. 
  2. "Hybosorus roei species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6a070e771e72621d9754b15801e1d12a. Retrieved 2018-05-02. 
  3. "Hybosorus roei". https://www.gbif.org/species/1072329. Retrieved 2018-05-02. 
  4. "Hybosorus roei Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/87806. Retrieved 2018-05-02. 
  5. Ross H. Arnett; Michael C. Thomas; Paul E. Skelley; J. Howard Frank (2002). American Beetles, Volume II : Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 1280483229. OCLC 814456310. 
  6. Evans, Arthur V.. Beetles of eastern North America. ISBN 0691133042. OCLC 900140596. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q50355361 entry