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Burrowing beetle

Bolbohamatum sp.

Photo by ChimeTsetan
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Field Notes

Notes:

dung beetle?

Reference Links:

Bolboceratine scarabs of the Oriental genus Bolbohamatum nov. (Coleoptera, Geot…

Species ID Suggestions

Burrowing Beetle

Bolbohamatum sp.

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LennyWorthington
2

Bolboceronae
RicardoBayshark
1

Comments (4)
ChimeTsetan
Thank you Lenny. Seems like i missed out on the suggestion by Ricardo as well. Thanks Ricardo. (Y)
LennyWorthington
Excellent photos. Yours could be B.syncopator. I have only seen this species once here in Thailand. Very interesting species. Check out the paper by J.Krikken
SandraH
excellent shot. definitely some sort of rhino beetle
CorduneanuVlad
Some sort of rhino beetle, anyway a member of the Coleoptera family, probably Onthophagus subgenus.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2011

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