Bolbocerosoma farctum (Fabricius, 1775) is a animal in the Geotrupidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Bolbocerosoma farctum (Fabricius, 1775)

Bolbocerosoma farctum (Fabricius, 1775)

Bolbocerosoma farctum, the fancy dung beetle, is a North American earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae.

Family
Genus
Bolbocerosoma
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Bolbocerosoma farctum (Fabricius, 1775)

Bolbocerosoma farctum, commonly known as the fancy dung beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle that belongs to the family Geotrupidae. This species occurs in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Geotrupidae Bolbocerosoma

More from Geotrupidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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