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Genus Pleocoma - Rain Beetles

Rain Beetle - Pleocoma - male Pleocoma shastensis - male Pleocoma staff - male Rain Beetles; Pleocoma 2 sympatric species  - Pleocoma - male Pleocoma rubiginosa transierra Hovore 1977 - Pleocoma rubiginosa - male Pleocoma conjungens conjungens - Pleocoma conjungens Female Rain Beetle Sighting in Atascadero, California - Pleocoma badia - female Pleocoma staff - Pleocoma
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)