Cyclocephala hirta is a species in the family Scarabaeidae ("scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] C. hirta and cousin Cyclocephala pasadenae are among the most common "June beetles" found in the Los Angeles Basin.[4]

Cyclocephala hirta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Cyclocephala
Species:
C. hirta
Binomial name
Cyclocephala hirta
Leconte, 1861
Synonyms
  • Spilosota inconspicua Casey, 1915
  • Spilosota magister Casey, 1915
  • Spilosota nubeculina Casey, 1915
  • Spilosota pallidissima Casey, 1915

References edit

  1. ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Cyclocephala hirta Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. ^ Hogue, Charles L.; Hogue, James N. (2015). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 326–327. ISBN 978-0938644-44-6. LCCN 93084264. OCLC 910654655.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.