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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Shining Leaf Chafers (Rutelinae) » Rutelini » Chrysina » Beyer's Scarab (Chrysina beyeri)

Species Chrysina beyeri - Beyer's Scarab

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Beyer's Scarab on oak leaves - Chrysina beyeri

Male, Beyer's Scarab - Chrysina beyeri - male

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 Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)

Tribe Rutelini

Genus Chrysina

Species beyeri (Beyer's Scarab)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chrysina beyeri (Skinner)

Orig. Comb: Plusiotis beyeri Skinner, 1905

Explanation of Names

Gustav Beyer [1840-1924] was a naturalist and insect collector as well as a founding member of the New York Entomological Society.

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

legs uniformly purple

Range

se AZ / nc. Mex. - Map (2)

Season

Jun-Nov (BG data)

Print References

Biederman, C.R. 1907. Notes on Plusiotis beyeri Skinner. Entomological News 18: 7-9.

Cazier, M.A. 1951. The genera Chrysina and Plusiotis of north central Mexico (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). American Museum Novitates, 1516: 1-8.

Coolidge, K.R. 1911. Plusiotis beyeri Skinner. Entomological News 22: 326-327.

Hawks, D.C. 2001. Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Chrysina and synonymic checklist of species (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum. 4(1): 1-8.

Leng, C.W. 1924. Gustav Beyer. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 32(4): 165-166.

Skinner, H. 1905. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Arizona with notes on some other species. Entomological News 16: 289-292.

Internet References

Living Jewels - Poul Beckmann

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 4 September, 2004 - 6:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 May, 2019 - 8:20am

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