Biological observations and a new state record of Paracotalpa granicollis Haldeman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in New Mexico

Authors

Paul Kaufman, Morristown, AZFollow
Mary Liz Jameson, Wichita State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-2009

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(4):513–515. 2009. Copyright (c) 2009 Paul Kaufman & Mary Liz Jameson.

Abstract

Specimens of Paracotalpa granicollis Haldeman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) collected in northwestern New Mexico represent a new state record for the species. Individuals (males only) were observed in association with Juniperus osteosperma Torr. Little (Juniper; Cupressaceae). We provide an overview of the biology of species in the genus Paracotalpa Ohaus and discuss biological observations of P. granicollis.