Genus Dyscinetus - Rice Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

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 Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Cyclocephalini

Genus Dyscinetus (Rice Beetles)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Palechus Casey 1915

Explanation of Names

Dyscinetus Harold 1869

Numbers

3 spp. in our area: the eastern D. morator & 2 western spp.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of the USA and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) Brett C. Ratcliffe & Ronald D. Cave. 2017. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 30, 298 pp.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 23 February, 2006 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 5 June, 2021 - 9:08pm

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