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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 02, 2011

Found this beetle July 16, 2011 - Mid Summer - Phoenix, Arizona.
It is 9/16 inches or 15mm long.
Any ideas?

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shytonak Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran Aug 03, 2011

it's Scarabaeidae.Pentodon bidens.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 03, 2011

Thanks shytonak for looking, but my beetle is much smaller than Pentodon bidens, and seems to be more brown than black: http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/pentodon_bidens.html

What about Tomarus gibbosus? http://bugguide.net/node/view/82458

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shytonak Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran Aug 03, 2011

yeah you are right.

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