''Pleocoma linsleyi'' is a

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

of the

Rain beetle The rain beetles are a group of beetles whose extant species are found only 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 Scara ...

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. It was named in honor of American entomologist

Earle Gorton Linsley Earle Gorton Linsley (May 1, 1910 in Oakland, California – March 8, 2000) was an American entomologist. In study at the University of California, Berkeley Linsley gained a Bachelor of Science in 1932, a Master of Science in 1933, and Doctorate i ...

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Scarabaeiformia Beetles described in 1971 {{Scarabaeoidea-stub