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Strigoderma

Strigoderma is a genus of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 9 described species in Strigoderma.

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Strigoderma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Anomalini
Genus: Strigoderma
Burmeister, 1844
Synonyms
  • Alamona Casey, 1915
  • Strigodermella Casey, 1915

Strigoderma is a genus of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 9 described species in Strigoderma.123

Species

  • subgenus Strigoderma
    • Strigoderma angulicollis Ohaus, 1915
    • Strigoderma arboricola (Fabricius, 1792) (sand chafer)
    • Strigoderma auriventris Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma biolleyi Ohaus, 1908
    • Strigoderma castor (Newman, 1838)
    • Strigoderma catamaya Ohaus, 1915
    • Strigoderma chalybeicollis Blanchard, 1851
    • Strigoderma columbica Burmeister, 1844
    • Strigoderma contracta Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma costarica Katbeh-bader, 2000
    • Strigoderma costulata Nonfried, 1893
    • Strigoderma festiva Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma floricola Ohaus, 1908
    • Strigoderma guatimalicus Katbeh-bader, 2000
    • Strigoderma haenschi Ohaus, 1902
    • Strigoderma heraldica Nonfried, 1893
    • Strigoderma knausi (Brown, 1925)
    • Strigoderma lampra Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma longicollis Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma marginata (Olivier, 1789)
    • Strigoderma mexicana Blanchard, 1851
    • Strigoderma micans Nonfried, 1893
    • Strigoderma ngabe Ramírez-Ponce & Curoe, 2014
    • Strigoderma nodulosa Ohaus, 1902
    • Strigoderma orbicularis Burmeister, 1855
    • Strigoderma peruviensis Blanchard, 1851
    • Strigoderma physopleura Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma pimalis Casey, 1885
    • Strigoderma popillioides Benderitter, 1925
    • Strigoderma presidii Bates, 1889
    • Strigoderma protea Burmeister, 1844
    • Strigoderma pygmaea (Fabricius, 1798) (pygmy chafer)
    • Strigoderma rutelina Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma sallaei Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma sulcipennis Burmeister, 1844
    • Strigoderma teapensis Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma tomentosa Bates, 1888
    • Strigoderma tucumana Ohaus, 1902
    • Strigoderma vestita Burmeister, 1844
    • Strigoderma villosula Blanchard, 1851
  • subgenus Costatergus Ramírez-Ponce & Andalco-Cid, 2026
References

References

  1. "Strigoderma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. "Strigoderma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. "Strigoderma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.