Three New Sympatric Pleocoma from the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Abstract

Two new species and one new subspecies of Pleocoma are described from sympatric populations in the Greenhorn Mountains of the southern Siena Nevada range. Intraspecific character variation, comparison to closely related forms and biology are discussed following each description. An ecological description of the type locality is also presented.