Rhyssemus sonatus LeConte and Horn, 1881

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

Rhyssemus sonatus LeConte and Horn, 1881

Wickham 1911; Gordon and Cartwright 1980; ISIC; MJPC; ELFC; DAVC.

Collection dates: April–May.

Collected under carnivore dung and under leaf litter along trail.

Specimen label data: Experiment Station , Ames , Story Co., Iowa, 28 May 1897, [no collector], determined Carter 1955 ( ISIC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 19 May 2009 [6], carnivore dung, 22 May 2010 [3], under leaf litter ridge top trail, ELF ( ELFC) .

County records ( Figure 80 ): Fremont, Mills, Muscatine, Pottawattamie, Story.

Subfamily SCARABAEINAE Latreille, 1802

Tribe ONTHOPHAGINI Burmeister, 1846

Onthophagus Latreille, 1802

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)