Pelidnota kirbyi
Appearance
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Pelidnota kirbyi Gray, 1832
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Pelidnota kirbyi is a species of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Pelidnota kirbyi misionesensis
- Pelidnota kirbyi kirbyi
Description
[edit]Pelidnota kirbyi reaches a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in).
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ 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