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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Pseudocotalpa

Genus Pseudocotalpa

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dune Scarab - Pseudocotalpa sonorica Dune Scarab - Pseudocotalpa sonorica Dune Scarab - Pseudocotalpa sonorica Dune Scarab - Pseudocotalpa sonorica - - Pseudocotalpa sonorica - - Pseudocotalpa andrewsi - - Pseudocotalpa andrewsi Pseudocotalpa giulianii
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 Rutelini
Genus Pseudocotalpa
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 3 spp. total(1)(2)
Range
CA-NV / Mex. (1)(2)
Habitat
Dunes
Print References
Hardy, A.R. 1971. The North American Areodina with a description of a new genus from California. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47: 235-242.
Hardy, A. R. 1974. Two new species of Pseudocotalpa Hardy. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50: 243-247.
Hardy, A.R. 1976. Observations on the mating behavior of Pseudocotalpa guilianii Hardy. Coleopterists Bulletin 30(3): 301-302.
Hardy, A.R. and F.G. Andrews. 1986. Studies in the Coleoptera of western sand dunes. 2. Notes on four Scarabaeidae from the Algodones Dune system. Coleopterists Bulletin 40(2): 127-139.
Van Dam, M. and A. Van Dam. 2006. Description of the larvae of Pseudocotalpa sonorica Hardy (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) with notes on life history. Coleopterists Bulletin 60(01):31-36.
Internet References
genus page - UNL
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae
Hardy A. 1991. USDA Agric. Handbook 529-34b, 57 pp.
2.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 25 May, 2008 - 7:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 April, 2016 - 9:41am

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