Acoma (beetle)
| Acoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Genus: | Acoma Casey, 1889 |
Acoma is a genus of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 35 described species in the genus Acoma.[1][2][3][4] The species of Acoma are largely allopatric.[5]
ITIS Taxonomic note:
- Beetle genus Acoma Casey, 1889 is a senior homonym of nematode genus Acoma Steiner, 1920.[2]
Description
[edit]Acoma have reduced mandibles. Their elytra are shaped like elongated ovals with the widest part being at the middle.[6]
Female Acoma are all presumed to be flightless.[7]
Distribution
[edit]Acoma are found in the warm Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts, and thorn-scrub habitats from western Texas to California in the USA, and Chihuahua, Sonora, and the entire length of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.[5][7][6]
Species
[edit]- Acoma arizonica Brown, 1929
- Acoma brunnea Casey, 1889
- Acoma cazieri Saylor, 1948
- Acoma chihuahuaensis Evans & Smith, 2020
- Acoma cimarron Warner, 2011
- Acoma confusa Van Dyke, 1928
- Acoma conjuncta Howden, 1962
- Acoma dilemma Saylor, 1948
- Acoma diminiata Howden, 1958
- Acoma eusexfoliata Evans & Smith, 2020
- Acoma evansi Howden, 1962
- Acoma gibsoni Howden, 1962
- Acoma glabrata Cazier, 1953
- Acoma granulifrons Howden, 1958
- Acoma howdenorum Warner, 2011
- Acoma incognita Howden, 1958
- Acoma knulli Howden, 1958
- Acoma leechi Cazier, 1953
- Acoma martini Howden, 1962
- Acoma mimica Howden, 1962
- Acoma minuta Cazier, 1953
- Acoma mixta Howden, 1958
- Acoma nonglabrata Evans & Smith, 2020
- Acoma ochlera Howden, 1958
- Acoma pararobusta Evans & Smith, 2020
- Acoma parva Howden, 1958
- Acoma quadrilaminata Warner, 2011
- Acoma robusta Van Dyke, 1928
- Acoma rossi Saylor, 1948
- Acoma rufula Howden, 1958
- Acoma seticollis Howden, 1958
- Acoma sexfoliata Saylor, 1948
- Acoma stathamae Cazier, 1953
- Acoma stathami Cazier, 1953
- Acoma westcotti Warner, 2011
References
[edit]- ↑ "Acoma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- 1 2 "Acoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ↑ "Acoma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ↑ "Browse Acoma". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- 1 2 Harpootlian, Phillip; 2021 - 7:51pm. "Genus Acoma". www.bugguide.net. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Evans, Arthur V.; Smith, Andrew B. T. (2020-03-05). "On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): 51–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
- 1 2 Warner, William B. (2011). "Four new species of Acoma Casey, with a key to species in the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Insecta Mundi. 172: 1–17.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Hardy, A. (1991). "A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae". USDA Agriculture Handbook.
- Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help);|journal=ignored (help) - Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas". Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
[edit]- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-02-28.