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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Peloniinae » Cregya » Cregya america

Species Cregya america

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Cregya america Opitz - Cregya america Cregya america Opitz - Cregya america Cregya america Opitz - Cregya america 903W12 - Cregya america 921W13 - Cregya america
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily Peloniinae
Genus Cregya
Species america (Cregya america)
Explanation of Names
Cregya america Opitz 2019
species dedicated to the United States of America, a country that provided the opportunity for this immigrant to become an Entomologist.
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2020
Range
FL, coastal LA to Honduras - Map (1)(2), most records from coastal south TX (n. to Karnes Co.) (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: FLORIDA, Lee Co. Lehigh Acres, 26-IV-2011
See Also
Cregya quadrinotata (Chevrolat)
- Range: coastal TX to C. Amer.
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013
Print References
Opitz, W. 2019. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XV. Taxonomic revision of the new world genus Cregya Leconte. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126. (1)
Works Cited
1.Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Cleridae). Part XV. Revision of Cregya
Opitz, W. 2019. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 January, 2020 - 3:45pm
Last updated 8 December, 2024 - 4:04pm

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