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Nicrophorus americanus, also known as the American burying beetle or giant carrion beetle, is a critically endangered species of beetle endemic to North America. [3] It belongs to the order Coleoptera and the family Silphidae. The carrion beetle in North America is carnivorous, feeds on carrion and requires carrion to breed. It is also a member ...
Dynastes is a genus of large beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.They occur in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm, from the United States to Brazil; [1] [2] four North American species (including Mexico), three with distributions extending from Central America either north or south, and two species endemic to South America.
American Beetles is the single most comprehensive [citation needed] description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico.It was started by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. as an update of his classic The Beetles of the United States; along with Michael C. Thomas, he enlisted more than 60 specialists to write treatments of each family.
Phanaeus vindex, also known as a rainbow scarab (like other members in its genus [1]), is a North American species of true dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.It is found in eastern and central United States (Florida and New England to Arizona and Wyoming) and northern Mexico.
Megacyllene robiniae, commonly known as the locust borer, is a species of longhorn beetle endemic to eastern North America. It is a serious pest of Robinia pseudoacacia , the black locust tree, with which it is sympatric .
Species 2, see text ... the North American wood-eating beetle Lara avara LeConte, ... In Oregon, the life cycle of Lara avara is 4 to 6 years long, or even more ...
Pterostichus lama or giant woodland ground beetle is a North American species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in ...
Lucanus elaphus, the giant stag beetle, [1] elk stag beetle, or erroneously as the elephant stag beetle, [2] is a beetle of the family Lucanidae native to eastern North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They are sometimes kept as pets .