Species Cremastocheilus wheeleri

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited

Cremastocheilus - Cremastocheilus wheeleri

Cremastocheilus beetle found trucking across an active ant hill in a prairie pasture with intermittent aspen patches - Cremastocheilus wheeleri

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 Cetoniinae (Fruit and Flower Chafers)

Tribe Cremastocheilini

Genus Cremastocheilus (Anteater Scarab Beetles)

No Taxon (subgenus Anatrinodia)

Species wheeleri (Cremastocheilus wheeleri)

Explanation of Names

Cremastocheilus wheeleri LeConte 1876

Size

9.9-11.9 mm(1)

Range

AB-NM to MB-NE(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 15 December, 2007 - 1:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 July, 2021 - 7:39pm

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