Chalcoplethis is a genus in the beetle family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a single species, Chalcoplethis kirbii.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Chalcoplethis kirbii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Rutelinae |
| Tribe: | Rutelini |
| Subtribe: | Rutelina |
| Genus: | Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844 |
| Species: | C. kirbii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalcoplethis kirbii (Gray, 1832)
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Subspecies
edit- Chalcoplethis kirbii misionesensis
- Chalcoplethis kirbii kirbii
Description
editChalcoplethis kirbii reaches a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in).
Distribution
editThis 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.666.9191. hdl:10141/622577.
- ^ 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 Pelidnota kirbyi at Wikimedia Commons- Citizen science observations for Chalcoplethis at iNaturalist
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