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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Diplotaxini » Diplotaxis » Diplotaxis puberula

Species Diplotaxis puberula

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Diplotaxis puberula 814W12 - Diplotaxis puberula 814W12 - Diplotaxis puberula 814W12 - Diplotaxis puberula 814W12 - Diplotaxis puberula 814W12 - Diplotaxis puberula 815W06 - Diplotaxis puberula 905W16 - Diplotaxis puberula
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 Diplotaxini
Genus Diplotaxis
Species puberula (Diplotaxis puberula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: LeConte 1863
Explanation of Names
puber - Latin for 'downy' (1)
Range
TX-LA / ne. Mex. (2)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.A revision of the genus Diplotaxis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), Parts 1 and 2.
Patricia Vaurie. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by v belov on 20 November, 2010 - 10:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 January, 2013 - 3:34pm

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