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Phyllophaga - Phyllophaga dentex
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Phyllophaga - Phyllophaga dentex
Duquesne Rd, west of Lochiel, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: 15.5mm
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 30 July, 2009 - 7:28pm
Last updated 11 October, 2010 - 1:49pm

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Phyllophaga dentex (Bates)
Found only in SE AZ in the US (primarily Huachuca, Patagonia & Santa Rita Mtns.) The quadrate posterior pronotal angles and off-set middle tarsal claws are distinctive, and the female has a subapical umbone on it pygidium.
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