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

Genus Pleocoma - Rain Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pleocoma australis - male Pleocoma rubiginosa - male Pleocoma dubitabilis? - Pleocoma dubitabilis - male Pleocoma ? - Pleocoma conjungens Southern Rain Beetle (Pleocoma australis), Green Valley, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, CA, 11-21-16 - Pleocoma australis - male Pleocoma hirticollis - Pleocoma hirticollis - male Pleocoma hirticollis - Pleocoma hirticollis - male Pleocoma rubiginosa rubiginosa Hovore 1972 - Pleocoma rubiginosa - 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)
Genus Pleocoma (Rain Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Pleocoma LeConte 1856
Greek pleos 'abundant' + kome 'hair'
Numbers
27 spp. (33 taxa incl. ssp.), all in our area(1)
Identification
key in (2)
Range
s.WA to Baja
Print References
papers not otherwise cited or omitted in reference list in (1)
Hovore F.T. (1971) A new Pleocoma from southern California with notes on additional species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 47: 193-201 (Full text)
La Rue D.A. (2007) A new species of Pleocoma Leconte from California (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Pleocomidae). Col. Bull. 61: 149-158. (Full text)
Linsley E.G. (1941). Additional observations and descriptions of some species of Pleocoma (Coleoptera, Scarabieidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 17: 145-152Full text)
Linsley E.G. (1945) Further notes on some species of Pleocoma (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 21: 110-152 (Full text)
Internet References
Genus profile (Scholtz & Browne 2005)
Works Cited
1.Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm
2.A preliminary key to the species of Pleocoma (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Linsley, E.G. 1946. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 22(2):61-65.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 21 January, 2006 - 12:16pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 1 August, 2023 - 8:55pm

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