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Un Scarabée cornu comme celui de caroline du isles de Bahama
Trans.: A horned scarab like that of Carolina from the Bahama Islands

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1765

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1

Notes:

There are 13 species of dynastine scarab beetles in seven genera in the Bahamas, two of which are endemic. Brett C. Ratcliffe and Ronald D. Cave, "The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Bahamas, with a description of a new species of Cyclocephala from Great Inagua Island," Insecta Mundi 0024: 1-10 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228658914_The_Dynastinae_Coleo…

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Horned scarab