Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)

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 : 27

Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767)

ISIC; IWUC; CASC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: May–October.

Specimen label data: First report from Iowa and NEW STATE RECORD: Page Co., Iowa, 8 October 1934, Rogers ( IWUC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 5 June 2006, 3 June 2007, specimens collected underground associated with deer dung ( Alloblackburneus rubeolus specimens also collected with deer dung in tunnel), DAV ( DAVC) .

Specimens collected at Waubonsie State Park were about ten inches down in loess soil under deer dung.

County records ( Figure 92 ): Fremont, Henry, Louisa, Page, Story, Warren.

Tribe PHANAEINI Kolbe, 1905

Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819

Figures

Figures 90–97. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 90) Copris fricator fricator (Fabricius, 1787). 91) Copris minutus (Drury, 1770). 92) Dichotomius carolinus (Linnaeus, 1767). 93) Phanaeus vindex MacLeay, 1819. 94) Canthon chalcites (Haldeman, 1843). 95) Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758). 96) Canthon vigilans LeConte,