Osmoderma scabrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Osmoderma
Species:
O. scabrum
Binomial name
Osmoderma scabrum
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Osmoderma beauvoisii Kirby, 1837
  • Osmoderma caviceps Kirby, 1837
  • Osmoderma delicatula Bainbridge, 1841
  • Osmoderma gracilipes Casey, 1915
  • Osmoderma lacustrina Casey, 1915
  • Trichius foveatus Casey, 1915
  • Trichius rugosus Casey, 1915

Osmoderma scabrum 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]

Osmoderma scabra

References

  1. ↑ "Osmoderma scabra species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Life Osmoderma scabra species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 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.

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