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Species Pelidnota lugubris

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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 Rutelinae (Shining Leaf Chafers)
Tribe Rutelini
Genus Pelidnota
Species lugubris (Pelidnota lugubris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pelidnota lugubris LeConte 1874
Range
AZ-NM (1)
Season
Jul-Aug (BG data)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1874. Descriptions of new Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific slope of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 43-292.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae
Hardy A. 1991. USDA Agric. Handbook 529-34b, 57 pp.
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 September, 2004 - 5:25am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2013 - 3:24am

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