Biology:Osmoderma scabra
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Tribe: | Osmodermini
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Species: | O. scabra
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Osmoderma scabra (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
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Osmoderma scabra is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] Occurring in eastern North America from Quebec south to Tennessee, it is 14-20 mm long and black, sometimes with a metallic sheen. Adults are nocturnally active and may be found at sap flows or under bark.[4]
References
- ↑ "Osmoderma scabra species information.". https://bugguide.net/node/view/15974. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". https://www.itis.gov/. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of Life Osmoderma scabra species overview.". http://eol.org/pages/292557/overview. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ↑ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. pp. 175. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Wikidata ☰ Q14875893 entry