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Tribe Phobetusini

scarab - Phobetus What a hairy scarab... - Phobetus Scarab beetle - Phobetus - - Phobetus palpalis - - Phobetus palpalis Phobetus comatus? - Phobetus Phobetus sp. - Phobetus - male - female Unknown Scarab - Phobetus
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 Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)
Tribe Phobetusini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Phobetusini Smith & Evans 2020
Numbers
a single genus, with 8 spp. in our area...
Range
Pacific Coast (BC-CA)(2)
Works Cited
1.On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma
Evans A.V., Smith, A.B.T. 2020. Zootaxa 4748: 51–77.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.