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Rain Beetles
Pleocoma
The rain beetles are a group of beetles found in the far west of North America. They spend most of their lives underground, emerging in response to rain or snow, thus the common name. Formerly classified in the Geotrupidae, they are currently assigned to their own family Pleocomidae, considered the sister group to all the remaining families of Scarabaeoidea. The family contains a single extant genus, Pleocoma, and two extinct genera, Cretocoma, described in 2002 from...
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pleocoma behrensi
speciesPleocoma behrensi
Pleocoma dubitabilis
speciesPleocoma dubitabilis
Fimbriate Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma fimbriata
Black Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma puncticollis
Southern Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma australis
Santa Cruz Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma conjungens
Pleocoma simi
speciesPleocoma simi
Pleocoma staff
speciesPleocoma staff
Pleocoma badia
speciesPleocoma badia
Pleocoma tularensis
speciesPleocoma tularensis
Hopping's Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma hoppingi
Pleocoma rickseckeri
speciesPleocoma rickseckeri
Pleocoma sonomae
speciesPleocoma sonomae
Pleocoma crinita
speciesPleocoma crinita
Pleocoma bicolor
speciesPleocoma bicolor
Pleocoma hirticollis
speciesPleocoma hirticollis
Sierran Rain Beetle
speciesPleocoma rubiginosa
Pleocoma callisto
speciesPleocoma callisto
Pleocoma laker
speciesPleocoma laker
Pleocoma hovorei
speciesPleocoma hovorei
Pleocoma octopagina
speciesPleocoma octopagina
Pleocoma linsleyi
speciesPleocoma linsleyi
Pleocoma blaisdelli
speciesPleocoma blaisdelli
Pleocoma minor
speciesPleocoma minor
Pleocoma oregonensis
speciesPleocoma oregonensis
Pleocoma shastensis
speciesPleocoma shastensis
Pleocoma marquai
speciesPleocoma marquai
Pleocoma carinata
speciesPleocoma carinata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 176065.