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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Strigoderma

Genus Strigoderma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Small beetle - Strigoderma pygmaea Pygmy Chafer - Strigoderma pygmaea Strigoderma? - Strigoderma Beetle feeding on Argemone albiflora - Strigoderma Scarab - Strigoderma pimalis Scarab - Strigoderma pimalis - - Strigoderma Strigoderma arbicola - Strigoderma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Anomalini
Genus Strigoderma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strigodermella Casey, Alamona Casey
Explanation of Names
Strigoderma Dejean 1836
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 9 spp. total(1)
Size
5-13 mm
Range
Nearctic genus (Canada to Mexico)(1)
Remarks
Strigoderma spp. can be small [5-6 mm] and shiny [these were until recently placed in their own genus Strigodermella] or larger [8-13 mm], duller with more obvious elytral striae.
Print References
Bader A.M. (1992) A review of North and Central American Strigoderma. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 118: 269-355.
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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 March, 2005 - 6:57am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 12:58am

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