Pelidnota kirbyi

Pelidnota kirbyi is a species of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3]

Pelidnota kirby
Pelidnota kirbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Genus:
Pelidnota
Species:
P. kirbyi
Binomial name
Pelidnota kirbyi
Gray, 1832

Subspecies
  • Pelidnota kirbyi misionesensis
  • Pelidnota kirbyi kirbyi

Description

Pelidnota kirbyi reaches a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.[4][5]

References
  1. 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
  2. Catalog of Pelidnota and Related Genera (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)
  3. Matthew Robert Moore and Mary Liz Jameson Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Changes in the Pelidnotine Scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini)
  4. GBIF
  5. Insectos de Argentina y el Mundo
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