Hoplia laticollis

Hoplia laticollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Hoplia
Species:
H. laticollis
Binomial name
Hoplia laticollis
LeConte, 1856

Hoplia laticollis is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Canada (Manitoba) and the United States (Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming).[4]

Adults are about 6–8.5 millimetres (0.24–0.33 in) in length and very similar in appearance to Hoplia callipyge.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Hoplia laticollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Hoplia laticollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplia (Hoplia) laticollis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hardy, Alan R. (1977). A revision of the Hoplia of the Nearctic Realm (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Occasional papers in entomology, no. 23. Sacramento: State of California, Dept. of Food and Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, Laboratory Services.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.