Tomarus
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{for|the mountain in Greece|Tomaros}}
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| taxon = Tomarus
|authority = Erichson, 1847
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|subdivision = see text
|synonyms = * Anagrylius Casey, 1915
- Ligyrellus Casey, 1915
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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.Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. (2010). [http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0139RatcliffeandCave.pdf The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini).] Insecta Mundi 139, 1-15.
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:Ratcliffe, B. C. (2003). [http://www.ots.ac.cr/bnbt/26112.html The dynastine scarab beetles of Costa Rica and Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae).] Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 16, 1-506.
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- 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)Buss, E. A. [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in593 Sugarcane Grub, Tomarus subtropicus Blatchley (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).] EENY-318 (IN593). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2003, revised 2006.
- Tomarus villosus (Burmeister, 1847) c g
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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)
References
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{{Cite web| title=Tomarus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926595
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2018-04-21
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{{Cite web| title=Browse Tomarus
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/040262c8f4c94db71ec7db11fda10a40
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-04-21
}}
{{Cite web| title=Tomarus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6757640
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-04-21
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{{Cite web| title=Tomarus Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/8402
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-04-21
}}
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