Osmoderma scabrum

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

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| genus = Osmoderma

| species = scabrum

| authority = (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

| synonyms = {{Species list

| Osmoderma beauvoisii | Kirby, 1837

| Osmoderma caviceps | Kirby, 1837

| Osmoderma delicatula | Bainbridge, 1841

| Osmoderma gracilipes | Casey, 1915

| Osmoderma lacustrina | Casey, 1915

| Trichius foveatus | Casey, 1915

| Trichius rugosus | Casey, 1915

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Osmoderma scabrum, or the rough hermit beetle,{{cite web |title=Rough Hermit Beetle Osmoderma scabra Filter by Place |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199455-Osmoderma-scabra |website=inaturalist.org |access-date=3 July 2024}} is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/15974|title=Osmoderma scabra species information.|website=bugguide.net|accessdate=2018-01-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/|title=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)|website=itis.gov|accessdate=2018-01-16}}{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/292557/overview|title=Encyclopedia of Life Osmoderma scabra species overview.|website=eol.org|accessdate=2018-01-16}} Occurring in eastern North America from Quebec south to Tennessee, it is 14-20 mm long and black, sometimes with a metallic sheen. Adults are nocturnally active and may be found at sap flows or under bark.{{Cite book|last=Evans|first=Arthur V.|title=Beetles of Eastern North America|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4008-5182-9|location=|pages=175}}

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