Scarab beetle Bolbelasmus keithi (Scarabaeoidea, Bolboceratidae), allotype

Photo category:
Arthropods specimen collection

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Chania, Elafonisos
Photo taken by:
Trichas, A.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Beetles

Insects

Animals

Arthropods

Photo of the ALLOTYPE specimen of the Scarab beetle Bolbelasmus keithi (Scarabaeoidea, Bolboceratidae), endemic to the islands of Crete and Kasos (female individual). Various Bolbelasmus spp. are associated with truffles and other subterraneous fungi as a food source.