Pimelia sp. Beetle

To end the confusing discussion: This is a Pimelia sp. (Tenebrionidae). Species ID may be possible, but not for me. Sicily should not have more than a handful species. Boris

or a Limodromus assimilis, but that one may be too oval

could be a Carabus granulatus... @ Saarbrigger: that´s a very good site

I do not think it is a stag beetle. The antenna are different. The antenna of a stag beetle (female) look like a brush at the end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_beetle Maybe it is an "Amara similata" (german webpage: http://www.insektenbox.de/kaefer/amasim.htm)

May be female stag beetle..I agree its not Dung..

Its almost like Dung Beetle.

noo - thats not it (Onymacris unguicularis) - the legs aren´t that long

I saw that beetle in disney´s the desert lives - it was the "volkswagen" type beetle, that has to run to stay cool