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

Species Paracotalpa puncticollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Internet References
RED LEGGED BEETLE - Paracotalpa puncticollis RED LEGGED BEETLE - Paracotalpa puncticollis Shining Leaf Chafer? - Paracotalpa puncticollis Desert Beetle - Paracotalpa puncticollis Beetle, yellow with thin stripes, green thorax. - Paracotalpa puncticollis Beetle - Paracotalpa puncticollis Scarab beetle - Paracotalpa puncticollis Leaf Scarab - Paracotalpa puncticollis - Paracotalpa puncticollis
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 Paracotalpa
Species puncticollis (Paracotalpa puncticollis)
Explanation of Names
Paracotalpa puncticollis (LeConte 1863)
Range
NM-CA
Print References
Brian S. Cheary, Alan R. Hardy and James A. Robertson (1972). Observations on the Biology of Paracotalpa puncticollis Leconte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 97-101 (1st page from JSTOR)
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species page
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 22 April, 2007 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2012 - 3:26pm

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