Genus Strigoderma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Pygmy Chafer Beetle - Strigoderma pygmaea

Strigoderma pimalis? - Strigoderma pimalis

Small Rutelinae - Strigoderma pimalis - male

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

Identification

Base of pronotum rounded posteriorly; pygidium and abdominal sternites at sides without patches of dense, white setae; clypeus rounded or quadrate; apex of labrum moderately thick, broadly exposed beneath clypeal apex; mesepimeron narrowly exposed in front of elytra; base of pronotum narrower than base of elytra.

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. Available through JSTOR.

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, Chuck Sexton, Arturo Santos
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 9:40pm

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