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Lichnanthe rathvoni
bumble bee scarab beetle
Lichnanthe rathvoni is a species of scarab beetle in the family Glaphyridae, commonly referred to as a bumble bee scarab beetle. It was first described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1863 under the basionym Dasydera rathvoni. The species is named in honor of Simon Rathvon, a 19th-century American entomologist. It is distributed in western North America, with records from California, Nevada, Oregon, and British Columbia.