Beckhoplia occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Genus: Beckhoplia
Species: Beckhoplia occidentalis

Name

Beckhoplia occidentalis Dombrow, 2005

Type locality: South Africa, Northern Cape, Hantam, Nieuwoudtville 5 km S at 31.22.37S, 19.09.13E, 752m.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 17.IX.2001. legit Holger Dombrow.

References

Primary references

• Dombrow, H.E. 2005a. Beckhoplia a new genus of Hopliini from theNorthern Cape of the Republic of South Africa (Scarabaeidae:Melolonthinae). 25th Contribution to the knowledge of African Hopliini. Coleoptera 9: 125-130. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dombrow, H.E. & Colville, J.F. 2020. Review of the Genus Beckhoplia Dombrow, 2005 with the description of fifteen new species from South Africa and observations on its biogeography (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Hopliini). Zootaxa 4823(0): 001–079. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4823.0.1. . Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 3, 2017]