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Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn
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Range: California to New Mexico
Similar species: Four species are distributed west of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, none occur in Texas.
Paracotalpa deserta Saylor, 1940
Paracotalpa granicollis (Haldeman, 1852)
Paracotalpa puncticollis (LeConte, 1863)
Paracotalpa ursina (Horn, 1867)
Photos:
Paracotalpa puncticollis - Shining Leaf Chafer Beetle - Barbara Strnadovas
Punctate Bear Beetle (Paracotalpa puncticollis) - Frontal shot - reddirtrose's photos
Punctate Bear Beetle (Paracotalpa puncticollis) on California Juniper - Lynn & Gene Monroe
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219.
Saylor, L.W. 1940. Synoptic review of the beetle genera Cotalpa and Paracotalpa of the United States, with description of a new subgenus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 42: 190-200.
01 Dec 2005 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information
