Genus Paracotalpa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References

Carrizo Scarabaeids on thistle sage - Paracotalpa ursina - male - female

Nevada Beetle - Paracotalpa puncticollis

San Diego Co. P. puncticollis - Paracotalpa puncticollis

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 Paracotalpa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pocalta Casey 1915

Numbers

4 spp., western US

Paracotalpa deserta Saylor 1940

Paracotalpa granicollis (Haldeman 1852)

Paracotalpa puncticollis (LeConte 1863)

Paracotalpa ursina (Horn 1867) MCZ Type

Print References

Saylor, L. W. 1940. Synoptic revision 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(9):190-200.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 May, 2006 - 4:11pm
Last updated 30 April, 2008 - 4:18pm

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