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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Cotalpa » Cotalpa conclamara

Species Cotalpa conclamara

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara - male - female Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara Cotalpa conclamara Young - Cotalpa conclamara Beetle - Cotalpa conclamara Cotalpa conclamara? - Cotalpa conclamara scarab - Cotalpa conclamara
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 Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Rutelini
Genus Cotalpa
Species conclamara (Cotalpa conclamara)
Other Common Names
Texas Goldsmith Beetle
Explanation of Names
Cotalpa conclamara Young, 2002
Numbers
6 spp. n. of Mex (1)
Identification

PARATYPES
Range
Texas endemic - Map (Young, 2003)(2)(3)(4)
Known from Anderson, Bexar, Brazos, Tyler, Robertson and Wilson counties.
Season
Late March, early April (Young, 2003)
Food
Asso. w/ Post Oak - Quercus stellata (Young, 2003)
Life Cycle
Primarily fly at dusk (Young, 2003)
Remarks
Type Locality: Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area, Anderson Co., Texas (Young, 2003).
Texas considers this a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (5)
Print References
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp. (2)
Saylor, L.W. 1940. Synoptic review of the beetle genera Cotalpa and Paracotalpa of the United States, with description of a new subgenus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 42: 190-200.
Young, R.M. (2002)2003. A new Cotalpa Burmeister taken on post oak in eastern Texas with notes and a key to species in the genus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 56(4): 473-479. (6)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
6.A new Cotalpa Burmeister taken on post oak in eastern Texas with notes and a key to spp. in the genus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae).
Young R.M. 2002. Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4): 473-479.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 April, 2011 - 10:07am
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 10:10am

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