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Osmoderma scabra in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/26/2021).
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Osmoderma scabra in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Osmoderma scabra in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved.
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| Osmoderma scabrum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Osmoderma |
| Species: | O. scabrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Osmoderma scabrum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
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Osmoderma scabrum, or the rough hermit beetle,[1] is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[2][3][4] 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.[5]

References
[edit]- ^ "Rough Hermit Beetle Osmoderma scabra Filter by Place". inaturalist.org. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Osmoderma scabra species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Osmoderma scabra species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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