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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Anomala » Anomala flavipennis

Species Anomala flavipennis

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
WBC june bug, dorsal view - Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis flavipennis Burmeister - Anomala flavipennis - female Anomala flavipennis Burmeister - Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis Burmeister - Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis luteipennis - Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis Anomala flavipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Anomalini
Genus Anomala
Species flavipennis (Anomala flavipennis)
Other Common Names
"Panhandle Beach Anomala Scarab Beetle" for A. f. okaloosensis(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
5 subspecies recognized in Potts (1977a) were synonymized in Ratcliffe & Paulsen. (2008)(2)
Explanation of Names
Anomala flavipennis Burmeister 1844
flavipennis (L). 'yellow-wings' (3)
Size
8-13 mm(4)
Identification
extremely variable in color and pattern(2)
male genitalia:
Range
e US to NM (Great Lakes and New England to e. NM & FL) - Map (4)(5)(6); particularly common in the Great Plains
Food
a pest of various crops
Remarks
"Panhandle Beach Anomala Scarab Beetle" A. f. okaloosensis Potts is considered by FL to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need"(1); it occurs in Okaloosa and one other county in FL(7)
See Also
can be similar to A. binotata, but A. flavipennis has a nearly glabrous pygidium(2)
- Range: e. US to CO-NM
Print References
Potts R.W.L. (1977a) Revision of the Scarabaeidae: Anomalinae 2. An annotated checklist of Anomala for the United States and Canada. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 53: 34-42.
Potts R.W.L. (1977b) Revision of the Scarabaeidae: Anomalinae 3. A key to the species of Anomala of America north of Mexico. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 129-134.(4)
Works Cited
1.Florida "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN)
2.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
3.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
4.Revision of the Scarabaeidae: Anomalinae. 3. A key to the species of Anomala of America north of Mexico
R.W. Potts. 1977. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 53: 129-134.
5.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
6.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
7. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 15 September, 2008 - 9:48am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 February, 2022 - 1:44pm

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