Subject: Madagascar Beetle sp.
Location: Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Madagascar
March 10, 2013 5:22 pm
Hi,
I wonder if you can help me ID this beetle?! I’ve searched the internet with out any luck. 🙁 I think it was some 3 cm long.
Signature: Kristian
Unknown Scarab
Hi again Kristian,
This is some member of the Scarab Beetle family Scarabidae, but we haven’t had any luck with an actual species identification.
Update: Thanks to Cesar Crash who identified Pantolia flavomarginata.
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Location: Madagascar
I found this similar looking beetle in the genus Anochillia http://insecterra.forumactif.com/t13626-anochilia, but it has some textures I don’t see in this one here. Is this guy dead in the image? One peace of his leg is in the floor.
Thanks Cesar.
Pantolia flavomarginata: http://projects.biodiversity.be/openup/rbins/2761.jpg