Martineziana dutertrei is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul), Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Paraguay, as well as in the United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Martineziana dutertrei being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pleurophorus caesus
- Oscarinus rusicola
- Acrossidius tasmaniae
- Oxyomus sylvestris
- Calamosternus granarius
- Acrossus rufipes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Martineziana
- Species
- Martineziana dutertrei
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