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Species Diplotaxis rex

Diplotaxis rex Vaurie - Diplotaxis rex Diplotaxis rex Vaurie - Diplotaxis rex
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 rex (Diplotaxis rex)
Explanation of Names
Diplotaxis rex Vaurie, 1958
Rex is a reference to the King Ranch type locality
Range
endemic to coastal s. TX (Kleburg, Kenedy, and Brooks counties) - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Norias Division, King Ranch, Kleburg County, Texas.
Only one spmn in the TAMUIC (3) (as of July 2016)
potential SGCN
Print References
Vaurie, P. 1958. A revision of the genus Diplotaxis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), Part 1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 115: 265-396.
Vaurie, P. 1960. A revision of the genus Diplotaxis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Part 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120: 161-434.
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 July, 2016 - 4:22pm
Last updated 12 September, 2022 - 11:27am

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