Hoplia mucorea

Hoplia mucorea
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. mucorea
Binomial name
Hoplia mucorea
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Melolontha mucorea Germar, 1823
  • Hoplia meridionalis Boyer, 1940

Hoplia mucorea is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from the United States (California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina) and Mexico (Sonora).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hoplia mucorea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Hoplia mucorea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplia (Hoplia) mucorea 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.

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.