(c) Frank Dietze, all rights reserved, uploaded by Frank Dietze
Cartwrightia
Sign in to saveCartwrightia is a genus of scarab found in Latin America. It was named and circumscribed in 1958 by Federico Islas Salas. , three species are recognized: C. intertribalis, C. cartwrighti, and C. islasi. They can be found in the nests of leafcutter ants or in dung.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Cartwrightia intertribalis in Cartwright 1967.png
Show 1 more fact
- taxon name
- Cartwrightia
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomic history
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Distribution
- Biology
- References
Cartwrightia is a genus of scarab found in Latin America. It was named and circumscribed in 1958 by Federico Islas Salas. , three species are recognized: C. intertribalis, C. cartwrighti, and C. islasi. They can be found in the nests of leafcutter ants or in dung.
==Taxonomic history== The Mexican entomologist Federico Islas Salas circumscribed the genus Cartwrightia in 1959 for his newly-described species C. intertribalis. The generic name is in honor of the American entomologist Oscar Ling Cartwright. In 1967, Cartwright himself described two additional species in this genus: C. islasi, whose specific name honors Islas, and C. cartwrighti, which Cartwright named after his brother.