Onthophagus hecate hecate (Panzer, 1794)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 25

Onthophagus hecate hecate (Panzer, 1794)

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1897, 1911; Howden and Cartwright 1963; Worthington and Larsen 2010; ISIC; IWUC; ELFC; DAVC; PKLC.

Collection dates: April–October.

Collected from raccoon, horse, and Canada goose dung.

County records ( Figure 81 ): Adair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Cherokee, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Fayette, Fremont, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Howard, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monona, Monroe, Muscatine, Osceola, Page, Plymouth, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott, Story, Taylor, Van Buren, Warren, Wapello, Washington, Wayne, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Wright.

Figures

Figures 74–81. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 74) Ataenius cognatus LeConte, 1858. 75) Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer, 1844). 76) Ataenius robustus Horn, 1871. 77) Ataenius spretulus Haldeman, 1848. 78) Ataenius strigatus (Say, 1823). 79) Ataenius texanus Harold, 1874. 80) Rhyssemus sonatus LeConte and Horn, 1881. 81)