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Species Diplotaxis pumila

Tiny diplotaxis aggregating on knee-high Mimosa just before a heavy down-pour - Diplotaxis pumila

Diplotaxis pumila Fall - Diplotaxis pumila

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 Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)

Tribe Diplotaxini

Genus Diplotaxis

Species pumila (Diplotaxis pumila)

Explanation of Names

Diplotaxis pumila Fall 1909

pumila 'dwarf'

Range

AZ-NM(1)

Life Cycle

crepuscular (also out on cloudy days) and feeds on Mimosa biuncifera primarily. ─Bill Warner, 16.iii.2014

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue") Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 5 August, 2010 - 12:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2023 - 5:50pm

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