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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Rice Beetles (Dyscinetus)
Genus
Dyscinetus
- Rice Beetles
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