Species Phyllophaga parvidens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phyllophaga parvidens (LeConte) - Phyllophaga parvidens

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)

Tribe Rhizotrogini

Genus Phyllophaga (May Beetles)

No Taxon (Subgenus Phyllophaga)

Species parvidens (Phyllophaga parvidens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllophaga parvidens (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Lachnosterna parvidens LeConte, 1856

Explanation of Names

parvidens (L). 'small tooth' (1)

Size

19-22 mm (2)

Range

TX-FL-NC, AR - Map (3)(4)(5), fairly common in TX

Habitat

broad coastal plains (5)

Season

adults emerge early March to mid June (5)

Food

host families: beech, pine, rose, walnut (5)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1856. Synopsis of the Melolonthidae. Journal of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia (2)3: 225-288.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	May Beetles of the United States and Canada Luginbill and Painter. 1953. USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1060.

3.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

4.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

5.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 May, 2009 - 6:10pm
Last updated 26 May, 2023 - 4:43pm

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