Chrysina beyeri, or Beyer's scarab, is a species of shining leaf chafer in the family of beetles known as Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4] This bright green beetle is native to Chihuahua in Mexico and southeastern Arizona in the United States.[4][5] It resembles C. woodi in both size and general appearance, but that species has green legs and blue tarsi (in C. beyeri, the legs and tarsi are both blue-purple).[6]

Chrysina beyeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Chrysina
Species:
C. beyeri
Binomial name
Chrysina beyeri
(Skinner, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Plusiotis ampliata Casey, 1915
  • Plusiotis ocularis Casey, 1915

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chrysina beyeri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ "Chrysina beyeri species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ "Chrysina beyeri". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ^ a b "Chrysina beyeri Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ^ "Chrysina beyeri (Skinner)". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum - Division of Entomology. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ^ Maddox, T.G. (2017), Population analysis of Chrysina woodii (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, Angelo State University

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