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

Species Anomala suavis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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 Anomalini
Genus Anomala
Species suavis (Anomala suavis)
Explanation of Names
Anomala suavis Potts 1976
Range
se NM, and adjacent w TX - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
Sand dune habitats of Ward and Winkler counties, Texas (1)
Season
May-Sept (3)
Remarks
taken in sand dune habitats of Ward and Winkler counties, Texas and from Chaves and Eddy counties, New Mexico. The New Mexico records are the first report of this species outside of Texas. (1)
Texas considers this a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (4)
Print References
Potts, R.W.L. 1976. New species of North American Anomala (Scarabaeidae: Anomalinae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 52: 220–226
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Surveys and habitat assessment of endemic insects at the Monahans Dune System, Final report prepared for the TPWD.
Longing, S., S. Discua and J. Cokendolpher. 2014. Texas Tech University, Lubbock. 38 pp.
4.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 December, 2009 - 8:06pm
Last updated 20 December, 2019 - 5:46pm

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