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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Hopliini » Monkey Beetles (Hoplia) » Dark Hoplia (Hoplia trivialis)

Species Hoplia trivialis - Dark Hoplia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Beetle 03.23.2009 045 - Hoplia trivialis

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 Hopliini

Genus Hoplia (Monkey Beetles)

Species trivialis (Dark Hoplia)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hoplia debilis LeConte

Size

6-8 mm

Identification

Black with sparse white hairs. Similar to H. trifasciata

Range

e. US south to GA and west to IL & TX(1)

Habitat

on vegetation/flowers, young pines, hickories; under boards, rocks, near water

Season

March-May, sometimes June, July (Carolinas).

Life Cycle

Described for Hoplia callipyge: Larva is C-shaped grub, feeds on roots of forbs, grasses. Overwinters as late-stage larva. Pupates in soil in spring.

In Durham North Carolina, seen in spring (April) climbing stems of grasses (Broomsedge, Andropogon) in old field habitat, adjacent to mixed pine deciduous woods. These (males?) spread antennal plates and then flew off, perhaps searching for females.

Print References

(2)(3)

Internet References

Type specimen images for H. debilis (=trivialis) from the Harvard MCZ (Museum of Comparative Zoology).

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Hoplia of the Nearctic Realm (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) A.R. Hardy. 1977. Occasional Papers in Entomology 23: 48 pp.

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

3.	How to Know the Beetles Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques. 1980. Wm. C. Brown Publishers.

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 April, 2004 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 26 September, 2011 - 6:28pm

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