Odonteus liebecki
Wallis, 1928
Odonteus liebecki is an earth-boring scarab beetle first described by Wallis in 1928. The belongs to the Geotrupidae (sometimes treated as Bolboceratidae), a group characterized by (burrowing) habits. It is distributed across eastern and central North America, with records from the United States and Canada.
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How to pronounce Odonteus liebecki: //oʊˈdɒntiːəs liːˈbɛki//
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Distribution
Eastern and central North America. United States: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin. Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec.
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Taxonomic Note
placement varies between sources: treated as Geotrupidae in GBIF and iNaturalist, but as Bolboceratidae in NCBI . Both classifications reflect ongoing debate about the rank and boundaries of earth-boring scarab groups.