López-García, Margarita M.;Deloya, Cuauhtémoc
Tomarus
Sign in to saveTomarus is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae, the rhinoceros beetles. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from the central United States to Argentina, and a few species occur in the Caribbean.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 271
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- CZUG-CUCBA-UDG, CHAS, YPM, UTC, DMNS, NMSU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pentodontini
- Image
- Tomarus gibbosus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Tomarus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Carrot Beetles
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Tomarus is a genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae, the rhinoceros beetles. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from the central United States to Argentina, and a few species occur in the Caribbean.
The adult beetles are nocturnal and attracted to lights; the larvae generally remain in the soil, often feeding on plant roots.
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