Scarabs of Arthur County,Nebraska		Arapaho Prairie
The species list for Arthur County indicates additional species collected during and since the project.  A few species found in the collection had not previously been recorded as occurring in Arthur County. The symbols denote species collected during the 2000 project, with new records indicated by a red checkmark. Additional species have been added since, and these are denoted by a blue checkmark.

= New County Record during project
= New County Record since 2000   
= New State Record

GEOTRUPIDA E (4)
Bolboceras filicornis (Say)
Eucanthus greeni Robinson
Eucanthus impressus Howden
Geotrupes opacus Haldeman

OCHODAEIDA E (2)
Ochodaeus musculus (Say)
Parochodaeus kansanus Fall

TROGIDAE (5)
Trox aequalis Say
Trox atrox LeConte
Trox sonorae LeConte
Omorgus punctatus Germar
Omorgus suberosus (Fabr.)

SCARABAEIDAE (50)
APHODIINAE (17)
Aphodius coloradensis Horn
Aphodius erraticus (L.)
Aphodius fimetarius (L.)
Aphodius fossor (L.)
Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (L.)
Aphodius kiowensis Gordon & Salsbury
Aphodius kirni Cartwright
Aphodius lentus Horn
Aphodius oklahomensis Brown
Aphodius peculiosus Schmidt
Aphodius punctissimus Brown
Aphodius rubeolus Beauvois
Aphodius rusicola Melsheimer
Aphodius vittatus Say
Aphodius walshii Horn
Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman)
Aidophus parcus (Horn)

SCARABAEINAE (9)
Canthon ebenus (Say)
Canthon pilularius (L.)
Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say)
Phanaeus vindex Macleay
Copris fricator (Fabr.)
Onthophagus coproides Horn
Onthophagus hecate (Panzer)
Onthophagus orpheus pseudorpheus Howden & Cartwright
Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold

MELOLONTHINAE (13)
Serica curvata LeConte
Serica ochrosoma Dawson
Serica sericea (Illiger)
Diplotaxis rudis (LeConte)
Phyllophaga corrosa (LeConte)
Phyllophaga crassissima (Blanchard)
Phyllophaga crenulata (Froelich)
Phyllophaga gracilis (Burmeister)
Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say)
Polyphylla decemlineata (Say)
Polyphylla hammondi LeConte
Macrodactylus subspinosus (Fabr.)
Hoplia laticollis LeConte

RUTELINAE (4)
Cotalpa lanigera (L.)
Cotalpa subcribrata Wickham
Anomala binotata (Gyllenhal)
Strigoderma arboricola (Fabr.)

DYNASTINAE (3)
Cyclocephala pasadenae (Casey)
Tomarus gibbosus (DeGeer)
Tomarus relictus (Say)

CETONIINAE (4)
Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz
Euphoria inda (L.)
Cremastocheilus knochii LeConte
Cremastocheilus nitens LeConte

TOTAL SCARABAEOIDS = 61

Ratcliffe, B.C. 1991.  The Scarab Beetles of Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 12: 1-333.

Grateful acknowledgement to B.C. Ratcliffe for additional species identifications.

Nomenclature follows the Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, by Andrew B.T. Smith of the University of Nebraska State Museum.

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