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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Macrodactylini » Plectris » Plectris aliena

Species Plectris aliena

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks
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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 Macrodactylini
Genus Plectris
Species aliena (Plectris aliena)
Explanation of Names
Plectris aliena Chapin 1934
Range
native to South America, adventive in se. US and Australia
Remarks
of all the sp., this one has managed to get around
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 December, 2007 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2020 - 1:51pm

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