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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Cyclocephalini » Rice Beetles (Dyscinetus)

Genus Dyscinetus - Rice Beetles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Which Dark Beetle - Dyscinetus laevicollis Dyscinetus morator (Fabricius) - Dyscinetus morator 7003037 dyscinetus - Dyscinetus morator Dyscinetus morator ? - Dyscinetus morator Dyscinetus morator ? - Dyscinetus morator Dyscinetus morator ? - Dyscinetus morator Unknown Coleopteran - Dyscinetus morator Rex Hancock-0BG.J.2012.02 - Dyscinetus morator
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Tribe Cyclocephalini
Genus Dyscinetus (Rice Beetles)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chalepus MacLeay 1819
Palechus Casey 1915
Numbers
Three species; Eastern US - Dyscinetus morator (Fabricius 1798), western US - Dyscinetus picipes (Burmeister 1847), Dyscinetus laevicollis Arrow, 1937
Print References
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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 T. Hedlund
Last updated 4 August, 2019 - 9:22am

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