Head Characters: four examples
Link to page describing the morphology of dung beetles
| 1. Anterior margin of the clypeus: distinctly bidentate vs. rounded to only slightly bidentate |
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| Distinctly bidentate | Rounded |
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2. Lateral clypeal notch: presence or absence |
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| Absent | Present |
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3. Female cephalic carina: |
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| Simple | Trituberculate |
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4. Clypeal process: |
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| spiniform | rounded to toothlike |
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