Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pharochilus rugiceps 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
- Aulacocyclus edentulus
- Aulacocyclus kaupii
- Mastachilus australasicus
- Ptichopus angulatus
- Aulacocyclus teres
- Pharochilus dilatatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Passalidae
- Genus
- Pharochilus
- Species
- Pharochilus rugiceps
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