Species Cremastocheilus castaneae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Scarab - unident - Cremastocheilus castaneae

9020102 (Cremastocheilus - Cremastocheilus castaneae

Anteater Scarab Beetle - Cremastocheilus castaneae

Cremastocheilus sp. - Cremastocheilus castaneae

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 Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Cremastocheilini

Genus Cremastocheilus (Anteater Scarab Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Cremastocheilus)

Species castaneae (Cremastocheilus castaneae)

Explanation of Names

Cremastocheilus castaneae Knoch 1801

Numbers

4 sspp.:

Cremastocheilus castaneae brevisetosus Casey 1915

Cremastocheilus castaneae castaneae Knoch 1801

Cremastocheilus castaneae lecontei Westwood 1874

Cremastocheilus castaneae pocularis Casey 1915

Size

9.5-10 mm(1)

Range

nominate ssp.: NS-AB to GA-AL-MS-IL(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 3 January, 2010 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 July, 2021 - 7:46pm

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