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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Strigoderma

Genus Strigoderma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Small Scarab - Strigoderma pygmaea BG1529 273-106a - Strigoderma arbicola Strigoderma pimalis Scarab Beetle - Strigoderma pimalis Strigoderma pygmaea Strigoderma? - Strigoderma pimalis Strigoderma pygmaea ? - Strigoderma pygmaea Strigoderma arbicola (Fabricius) - Strigoderma arbicola
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Anomalini
Genus Strigoderma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strigoderma Dejean 1836
=Strigodermella Casey, Alamona Casey
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 9 spp. total(1)
Size
5-13 mm
Range
Nearctic genus (Canada to Mexico)(1)
Remarks
Strigoderma spp. can be small [5-6 mm] and shiny [these were until recently placed in their own genus Strigodermella] or larger [8-13 mm], duller with more obvious elytral striae.
Print References
Bader A.M. (1992) A review of North and Central American Strigoderma. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 118: 269-355.
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 March, 2005 - 6:57am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 January, 2011 - 11:55am

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