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1 May 2015 Northern Range Extension of the Figeater Beetle, Cotinis mutabilis (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Into Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
Frank-Thorsten Krell, Jeff B. Knight, Robert Hammon, Pamela Wheeler, Jeffrey Johns Roberts, Jason R. Eckberg
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Abstract

The native Figeater Beetle, Cotinis mutabilis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), is known to occur from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to northern South America. Here we present records from Nevada, where it became established in the late 1960s; from Utah, where it has been found since the late 2000s; and from Colorado, where it was found in 2012. These records indicate a recent northward range extension of the species, which circumvents the Colorado Plateau. The range extension of C. mutabilis has potential positive effects, namely the addition of a new pollinator to those areas, but also potential negative implications if the species damages fruit crops or facilitates damage by the Japanese Beetle, as the closely related Cotinis nitida does.

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Frank-Thorsten Krell, Jeff B. Knight, Robert Hammon, Pamela Wheeler, Jeffrey Johns Roberts, and Jason R. Eckberg "Northern Range Extension of the Figeater Beetle, Cotinis mutabilis (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Into Nevada, Utah, and Colorado," Western North American Naturalist 75(1), 8-13, (1 May 2015). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.075.0103
Received: 26 June 2014; Accepted: 1 January 2015; Published: 1 May 2015
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