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Genus Dinacoma

Small Polyphylla - Dinacoma sanfelipe - - Dinacoma marginata Dinacoma caseyi Blaisdell 1930 - Dinacoma caseyi - male - female Dinacoma caseyi Blaisdell - Dinacoma caseyi - - Dinacoma sanfelipe - male - - Dinacoma sanfelipe - male
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 Melolonthini
Genus Dinacoma
Explanation of Names
Dinacoma Casey 1889
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1)(2)
Range
CA(3)
Works Cited
1.A new species of melolonthine chafer in the endemic California genus Dinacoma Casey (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Conrad P.D.T. Gillett,Kendall H. Osborne, J. Bradley Reil, & Daniel Rubinoff. 2020. J. Insect Biodiversity 017 (2): 028-035.
2.Phylogenomics reveals conservation challenges and opportunities for cryptic endangered species ... disappearing desert ecosystem
Daniel Rubinoff, J. Bradley Reil, Kendall H. Osborne, Christopher J. Gregory, Scott M. Geib, Julian R. Dupuis. 2020. Biodiversity and Conservation 29: 2185-2200.
3.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.