Dyscinetus picipes
(Burmeister, 1847)
Dyscinetus picipes is a of in the , . It belongs to the tribe Cyclocephalini, a group of commonly known as rhinoceros beetles. The species has been recorded across the Nearctic and Neotropical regions, with distribution spanning the south-central and southwestern United States, Mexico, and various Caribbean islands. Available information on this species is limited, with few detailed biological studies published.


Pronunciation
How to pronounce Dyscinetus picipes: /dɪˈsaɪnɪtəs ˈpɪsɪˌpiːz/
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Distribution
Nearctic: south-central and southwestern United States (Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas). Neotropical: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Guerrero, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
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