Genus Cotalpa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Male, Cotalpa consobrina - Cotalpa consobrina - male

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 Rutelini

Genus Cotalpa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cotalpa Burmeister, 1844

Explanation of Names

Latin con- with + talpa mole (i.e., mammalian genus Talpa) (1)

Numbers

6 spp. in the genus, all Nearctic (2)

Identification

key to spp.: Young (2002)

Range

One eastern species (C. lanigera e. US west to NE & TX)(3); C. subcribrata NE-CO-TX; the rest are restricted to sw. US (C. ashleyae w. AZ; C. conclamara TX; C. consobrina AZ; C. flavida AZ-CA)(4)

Food

Adults are nocturnal (usually flying at dusk) and feed on the foliage of (broad-leaved) trees (4)

Print References

La Rue D.A. (1986) A new species of Cotalpa from western Arizona (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 40: 145-147.

Young R.M. (2002) A new Cotalpa Burmeister taken on post oak in eastern Texas with notes and a key to species in the genus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4): 473-479. (5)

Works Cited

1.	An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.

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.

3.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

4.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

5.	A new Cotalpa Burmeister taken on post oak in eastern Texas with notes and a key to spp. in the genus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Young R.M. 2002. Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4): 473-479.

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 June, 2004 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 July, 2019 - 2:39pm

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