Hybosorus roei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Genus: | Hybosorus |
| Species: | H. roei
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| Binomial name | |
| Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845
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Hybosorus roei is a species of scavenger scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] Adults feed on carrion in its early stages of decomposition of both vertebrae and invertebrate. [5] Their size ranges from 7-9 mm. [6]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Hybosorus roei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Hybosorus roei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Hybosorus roei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Hybosorus roei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Ross H. Arnett; Michael C. Thomas; Paul E. Skelley; J. Howard Frank (2002). American Beetles, Volume II : Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 1280483229. OCLC 814456310.
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. Beetles of eastern North America. ISBN 0691133042. OCLC 900140596.
Further reading[]
- Allsopp, Peter G.; Branco, Tristão (2007). "Case 3400: Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insects, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 64: 90–95. ISSN 0007-5167.
- "OPINION 2230 (Case 3400) Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): precedence not given over Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 66 (3): 291–292. 2009. doi:10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a9.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links[]
Media related to Hybosorus roei at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Scarabaeiformia
- Beetles described in 1845
- Scarabaeoidea stubs