Family Glaresidae - Enigmatic Scarab Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Enigmatic scarab beetle - Glaresis inducta

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 Glaresidae (Enigmatic Scarab Beetles)

Numbers

One genus, Glaresis and 15 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Western Great Plains to west coast (1)

Print References

Gordon, R.D. 1970. A review of the genus Glaresis in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 96: 499-517.

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 Jeff Gruber on 20 October, 2007 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 1:49pm

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