Butterflies and Beetles of Argentina

Tribe - Phanaeini

Bolbites onitoides (Harold, 1868)

Dist - B.A., La Pampa, Cordoba, San Luis, Catamarca, La Rioja, Sandiago del Estero,

Salta, Tucuman, Chaco, Formosa, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Corrientes (also Bolivia,

Paraguay and Uruguay).

Phanaeus imperator (Chevrolat,1844)

Dist - B.A., La Pampa, San Luis, Mendoza, Cordoba, San Juan, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe,

Chaco,Catamarca, Tucuman, Salta, Jujuy.  Bolivia, Paraguay,Brazil.

English: Collected and photographed at Rio Quilpo, Cordoba Prov. near hourse extraments. males have horns.

Megaphanaeus bonariensis (Gory,1844)

Dist - Cordoba, Tucuman, Chaco, Salta, Jujuy, Corrientes, Misiones (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay).

Megaphanaeus lancifer (Linnaeus,1758)

Eurysternus parallelus (Castelnau,1840)

Dist - Misiones, Corrientes (Brazil, Paraguay)

English: This specimens was collected from a dog corpse at Misiones Prov.Also occur in Brazil and Paraguay.

Tribe - Eucraniini

Eucranium arachnoides (Brullé, 1834)

Dist - B.A. ,Rio Negro, Neuquen, La Pampa, Mendoza, San Luis, Cordoba.

Wingless specie.

Canthon ornatus (Redtenbacher, 1867) = C.bipunctatus

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