Diplotaxis (beetle)

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Diplotaxis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Diplotaxini
Genus: Diplotaxis
Kirby, 1837
Species

List of Diplotaxis species

Diplotaxis is a large genus of scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. There are at least 250 described species in the genus Diplotaxis distributed over North and Central America. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Diplotaxis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  2. "Diplotaxis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  3. "Browse Diplotaxis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-27.

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