Gronocarus Explained

Gronocarus is a genus of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least three described species in Gronocarus.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Gronocarus:

• Gronocarus automnalis Schaeffer
• Gronocarus autumnalis Schaeffer, 1927 (lobed spiny burrowing beetle)
• Gronocarus inornatus Skelley, 2005 (lobeless spiny burrowing beetle)

Further reading

• A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). 2003. Evans . Arthur V.. Zootaxa. 211. 1. 1–458. 10.11646/zootaxa.211.1.1.
• A supplement to the checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with notes on their tribal classification. 2005. Smith . Andrew B. T.. Evans . Arthur V.. Zootaxa. 1032. 1. 29–60. 10.11646/zootaxa.1032.1.2. free.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). 2001. Mathison. Blaine A.. Hardy. Martin. Bezdek. Aleš. Schoolmeesters. Paul. 2019-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124458/http://coleoptera.org/p735.htm. dead.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.