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Genus Dyscinetus - Rice Beetles

Scarab with ants - Dyscinetus morator beetle - Dyscinetus morator Rice Beetle - Dyscinetus morator Tomarus relictus?  - Dyscinetus morator Tomarus relictus?  - Dyscinetus morator Dyscinetus morator Black Beetle - Dyscinetus morator Dyscinetus morator
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.