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0262 - Pygmy Chafer Beetle
Strigoderma pygmaea
Male
5.5mm
USA: FLA: Orange Co.
2 km W of Lake Kehoe
28°33'13.7"N 81°14'5.10"W, 21m
On Floor of Porch
Very Hot, Humid
24 April 2021
Z. Gill
Notes: Flew readily; There were many individuals on the porch and they were all running in circles; Two individuals were mating, one with the same coloration as this individual was on top of a brown less patterned individual who walked for both of them in circles
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Suborder | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily | Rutelinae |
| Tribe | Anomalini |
| Genus | Strigoderma |
| Species | pygmaea |
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References
Species Strigoderma pygmaea - Pygmy Chafer - BugGuide.NetPygmy Chafer (Strigoderma pygmaea) · iNaturalist
Pygmy Chafer Beetle (Strigoderma pygmaea) - Central Florida Critter of the Day
Strigoderma - Wikipedia
Strigoderma pygmaea - Wikipedia