Paracotalpa ursina

Paracotalpa ursina is a species of shining leaf chafer in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4]

Paracotalpa ursina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Paracotalpa
Species:	P. ursina
Binomial name
Paracotalpa ursina (Horn, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
Cotalpa leonina Casey, 1915 Paracotalpa piceola Casey, 1915 Pocalta brevis Casey, 1915 Pocalta laevicauda Casey, 1915 Pocalta nigripennis Fall, 1932 Pocalta rotunda Saylor, 1940 Pocalta rubripennis Casey, 1915 Pocalta seriata Casey, 1915

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Paracotalpa ursina:

• Paracotalpa ursina piceola Saylor, 1940 ^{c g}
• Paracotalpa ursina rotunda ^b
• Paracotalpa ursina rubripennis ^b
• Paracotalpa ursina ursina ^{g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Paracotalpa ursina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Paracotalpa ursina species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Paracotalpa ursina". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Paracotalpa ursina Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

• Moore, M. R.; Jameson, M. L.; Garner, B. H.; Audibert, C.; et al. (2017). "Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies". ZooKeys (666): 1–349. doi:10.3897/zookeys.666.9191. PMC 5534527. PMID 28769631.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.