Hybosorus roei

Hybosorus roei is a species of scavenger scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] Adults feed on carrion in its early stages of decomposition of both vertebrae and invertebrate. [5] Their size ranges from 7-9 mm. [6]

Hybosorus roei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hybosoridae
Genus: Hybosorus
Species:
H. roei
Binomial name
Hybosorus roei
Westwood, 1845
Synonyms[1]
  • Hybosorus nitidus Lansberge, 1882
  • Hybosorus nossibianus Fairmaire, 1895
  • Hybosorus palearcticus Endrödi, 1957

References
  1. "Hybosorus roei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. "Hybosorus roei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. "Hybosorus roei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. "Hybosorus roei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. Ross H. Arnett; Michael C. Thomas; Paul E. Skelley; J. Howard Frank (2002). American Beetles, Volume II : Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 1280483229. OCLC 814456310.
  6. Evans, Arthur V. Beetles of eastern North America. ISBN 0691133042. OCLC 900140596.

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