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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Rain Beetles (Pleocomidae)

Family Pleocomidae - Rain Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Pleocoma australis - male Pleocoma dubitabilis leachi - Pleocoma dubitabilis - male Pleocoma rubiginosa - male Pleocoma sonomae Sonoma Rain Beetle - Pleocoma - female Pleocoma fimbriata -male - Pleocoma fimbriata - male Pleocoma blaisdelli male - Pleocoma blaisdelli - male Pleocoma rubiginosa transierra Hovore 1977 - Pleocoma rubiginosa - male Pleocoma puncticollis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Pleocomidae (Rain Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
until recently treated as a subfamily of the Scarabaeidae
Explanation of Names
Pleocomidae LeConte 1861
see Pleocoma
Common name refers to their habit of coming out after autumn/winter rains(1)
Numbers
Single genus with >30 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
w. coastal NA (WA―UT―Baja)(2)
Food
oak & conifer roots
Remarks
Females are flightless
Internet References
Family profile(1)
Works Cited
1.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)
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 21 January, 2006 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 1 August, 2023 - 7:44pm

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