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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 · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Goldsmith Beetle, Cape Cod - Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle - Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle - Cotalpa lanigera Yellow beetle - Cotalpa lanigera Yellow Beetle - Cotalpa flavida large scarab? - Cotalpa lanigera Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara - male - female Cotalpa lanigera
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
6 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Identification
key to spp.: Young (2002)
Range
One eastern species (C. lanigera e. US west to NE & TX)(2); C. subcribrata NE-CO-TX; the rest are restricted to sw. US (C. ashleyae w. AZ; C. conclamara TX; C. consobrina AZ; C. flavida AZ-CA)(3)
Print References
La Rue D.A. (1986) A new species of Cotalpa from western Arizona (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 40: 145-147.
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.
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.)
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
3.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, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 30 April, 2011 - 10:42pm

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