Chalcoplethis
Appearance
| Chalcoplethis | |
|---|---|
| Chalcoplethis kirbii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Rutelinae |
| Tribe: | Rutelini |
| Subtribe: | Rutelina |
| Genus: | Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844 |
| Species: | C. kirbii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chalcoplethis kirbii (Gray, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chalcoplethis is a genus in the beetle family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a single species, Chalcoplethis kirbii.[1][2][3][4][5]
Subspecies
[edit]- Chalcoplethis kirbii misionesensis
- Chalcoplethis kirbii kirbii
Description
[edit]Chalcoplethis kirbii reaches a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in).
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Moore, Matthew R.; Jameson, Mary L.; Garner, Beulah H.; Audibert, Cédric; et al. (2017). "Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies". ZooKeys (666): 1–349. Bibcode:2017ZooK..666....1M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.666.9191. hdl:10141/622577. PMC 5534527. PMID 28769631.
- ↑ Gray G.R. (1832) Griffith & Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. Insecta, London 14(1):1-570
- ↑ Catalog of Pelidnota and Related Genera (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)
- ↑ Matthew Robert Moore and Mary Liz Jameson Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Changes in the Pelidnotine Scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)
- ↑ GBIF
- ↑ Insectos de Argentina y el Mundo
External links
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Media related to Chalcoplethis at Wikimedia Commons- Citizen science observations for Chalcoplethis at iNaturalist