Genus Pleocoma - Rain Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

pleocoma behrensi - Pleocoma behrensii - male

Pleocoma rubiginosa rubiginosa Hovore 1972 - Pleocoma rubiginosa - male

Southern Rain Beetle (Pleocoma australis), Green Valley, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, CA, 11-21-16 - Pleocoma australis - male

Pleocoma octopagina Robertson 1970 - Pleocoma octopagina - male

Pleocoma fimbriata? - Pleocoma fimbriata

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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