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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) » Rutelini » Cotalpa

Genus Cotalpa

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Goldsmith Beetle - Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle - Cotalpa lanigera May - June bug? - Cotalpa lanigera Shimmering White and Gold Beetle - Cotalpa lanigera Unknown -Possible scarab? - Cotalpa lanigera Yellow beetle with green outlines - Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle? - Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle - Cotalpa consobrina
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 Rutelini
Genus Cotalpa
Numbers
Six North American species:
Cotalpa ashleyae La Rue, 1986 - W AZ
Cotalpa conclamara Young, 2002 - TX
Cotalpa consobrina (Horn, 1871) [type] - SW US [AZ]
Cotalpa flavida Horn, 1878 [type] - SW US [AZ, CA]
Cotalpa lanigera (Linnaeus, 1764) - E US, at least to Nebraska and Texas
Cotalpa subcribrata Wickham 1905 - W US [Nebraska, Texas]
Remarks
Cotalpa, Pelidnota, and Parastasia, (among others) comprise the tribe Rutelini in the subfamily Rutelinae of the scarab beetles.
Print References
Harpootlian, p. 103--tribe Rutelini (1)
Ratcliffe & Paulsen (2)
Young, R.M. 2002. A new Cotalpa Burmeister taken on post oak in eastern Texas with notes and a key to species in the genus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 56: 473-479.
La Rue, D.A. 1986. A new species of Cotalpa from western Arizona (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 40: 145-147.
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
2.The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
By Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen
Contributed by Cotinis on 18 June, 2004 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Brad Barnd
Last updated 12 August, 2008 - 10:47am

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