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Tomarus sp.

Tomarus sp.


Family: Scarabaeidae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


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.

In order to identify species, the parameres of the male must be pulled out of the abdomen and examined. This process should be done carefully, because the parameres are quite fragile, "almost parchment-like".

Species: The following species belong to the genus Tomarus:
  • Tomarus adoceteus Ratcliffe & Cave, 2010 c g
  • Tomarus bidentulus (Fairmaire, 1892) c
  • Tomarus bituberculatus (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) c g
  • Tomarus burmeisteri (Steinheil, 1872) c g
  • Tomarus cicatricosus (Prell, 1937) c g
  • Tomarus colombianus Lopez-Garcia & Gasca-Alvarez, 2014 g
  • Tomarus columbianus López-García & Gasca-Álvarez, 2014 c g
  • Tomarus compositus (Wickham, 1911) c g
  • Tomarus cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801) i c g b
  • Tomarus discrepans Escalona & Joly, 2006 c g
  • Tomarus ebenus (Degeer, 1774) c g = type species
  • Tomarus effetus (Wickham, 1914) c g
  • Tomarus formosianus Grouvelle, 1913 g
  • Tomarus fossor (Latreille, 1833) c g
  • Tomarus gyas Erichson, 1848 c g
  • Tomarus laevicollis (Bates, 1888) i c g
  • Tomarus maimon Erichson, 1847 c g
  • Tomarus maternus (Prell, 1937) c g
  • Tomarus nasutus (Burmeister, 1847) i c g
  • Tomarus neglectus (LeConte, 1847) i c g b
  • Tomarus peruvianus (Endrödi, 1970) c
  • Tomarus pullus (Prell, 1937) c g
  • Tomarus pumilus (Prell, 1937) c g
  • Tomarus roigjunenti Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017 c g
  • Tomarus rosettae (Endrödi, 1968) c g
  • Tomarus rostratus Dupuis, 2014 c g
  • Tomarus rubripes (Boheman, 1858) c g
  • Tomarus sallaei (Bates, 1888) i c g b
  • Tomarus selanderi (Cartwright, 1959) i c g
  • Tomarus similis (Endrödi, 1968) c g
  • Tomarus spinipenis Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017 c g
  • Tomarus subtropicus (Blatchley, 1922) i c g b (sugarcane grub)
  • Tomarus villosus (Burmeister, 1847) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Note - now placed in the restored genus Ligyrus:
  • Tomarus gibbosus (LeConte, 1856), the carrot beetle
  • Tomarus relictus (Say, 1825)

Source: Wikipedia, article Tomarus sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 614924
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Mar del Tuyú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/06/2019
Lucas Rubio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
221067806/02/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar del TuyúLucas Rubio
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Tomarus sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.