Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1801)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 49-50

Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1801)

Orozco 2012; RJWC; ISIC; IWUC; DAVC; ELFC; MJPC.

Collection dates: April–July, September–October.

Collected on dogwood flowers ( Cornus spp. ) in June and goldenrod flowers ( Solidago spp. ) in fall; collected flying zig-zag low to ground in June; sifted from sandbar April and May.

Specimen label data: Mt. Pleasant , Henry Co., Iowa, 12 October 1930, Kauffman ( IWUC) ; Nine Eagles State Park , Decatur Co., Iowa, 4 June 2003 [2], dogwood flowers ( Cornus spp. ), ELF ( ELFC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 18 September 2003 [6], goldenrod flowers [ Solidago spp. ), ELF, DAV ( ELFC, DAVC).

County records ( Figure 181 ): Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Pottawattamie, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren.

Tribe CREMASTOCHEILINI Burmeister and Schaum, 1841

Cremastocheilus Knoch, 1801

Figures

Figures 178–185. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 178) Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1758). 179) Euphoria fulgida (Fabricius, 1775). 180) Euphoria inda (Linnaeus, 1758). 181) Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius, 1801). 182) Cremastocheilus knochi LeConte, 1853. 183) Cremastocheilus retractus LeConte, 1874.184) Osmoderma eremicola