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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Anomalini » Strigoderma » Pygmy Chafer (Strigoderma pygmaea)

Species Strigoderma pygmaea - Pygmy Chafer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Pygmy Chafer Beetle - Strigoderma pygmaea Family Scarabeaidae: Unknown Species - Strigoderma pygmaea Family scarabaeidae: Strigoderma pygmaea - Strigoderma pygmaea Lil beetle 2 - Strigoderma pygmaea Lil beetle 2 - Strigoderma pygmaea Scarab - Strigoderma pygmaea Istachatta-0BG.J.1966.07 - Strigoderma pygmaea Beetle on Orchid - Strigoderma pygmaea
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 Anomalini
Genus Strigoderma
Species pygmaea (Pygmy Chafer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius) Fig. 277
Melolontha pygmaea Fabricius 1798:133
Melolontha minima Drapiez 1819:291
Strigoderma floridana Ohaus 1905:285
Strigodermella pygmaea (Fabricius), Casey 1915:59
Strigodermella knausi Brown 1925:200
Strigodermella oklahomensis Hatch 1930:24
Size
5-6 mm.
Identification
Pronotum black, elytra various from all black to all yellow; shiny.
Range
e US (AL-FL-NJ) - Map (1)(2)
See Also
Strigoderma knausi (Brown) - or is this a syn. of Strigoderma pygmaea ??
- Range: c. KS to s. TX
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 March, 2005 - 7:16am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 May, 2022 - 12:01pm

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