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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Polyphylla monahansensis

Species Polyphylla monahansensis

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Polyphylla monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis - male Polyphylla monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis - male Polyphylla monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis - male - - Polyphylla monahansensis Polyphylla (Polyphylla) monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis Polyphylla (Polyphylla) monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis
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 Melolonthini
Genus Polyphylla (Lined June Beetles)
Species monahansensis (Polyphylla monahansensis)
Other Common Names
Monahans 10-lined June Beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) monahansensis Hardy, 1978
Explanation of Names
Named for Monahans Sandhills State Park, the Type Locality
Numbers
31 spp. from CAN to MEX (1)
Identification

PARATYPE
Range
se NM (Lee Co.) and adj. w TX (Andrews, Ward, and Winkler Counties) - Map (2)(3)(4)
Habitat
a sand obligate restricted to regions of arid climate (2)
Season
May-Dec (5)
Remarks
Texas considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (6)
Print References
Hardy, A.R. 1981. Polyphylla Harris in Baja California. Coleop. Bull. 35(3):299-302.
Hardy, A.R. & F.G. Andrews. 1978. Studies in the Coleoptera of western sand dunes. 1. Five new species of Polyphylla Harris. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54(1): 1-8.
La Rue, D.A. 1998. Notes on Polyphylla Harris with a description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 12(1-2): 23-37. (2)
La Rue, D.A. 2016. Natural history, ecology, and conservation of the genus Polyphylla Harris, 1841. 1. New species from the southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico, with notes on distribution and synonymy. Insecta Mundi 0491: 1-41. (3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Notes on Polyphylla Harris with a description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).
La Rue, D.A. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12(1 & 2): 23–37.
3.Natural history, ecology, and conservation of the genus Polyphylla Harris, 1841. New species from the sw US & Baja California.
La Rue, D.A. 2016. Insecta Mundi 0491: 1-41.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Surveys and habitat assessment of endemic insects at the Monahans Dune System, Final report prepared for the TPWD.
Longing, S., S. Discua and J. Cokendolpher. 2014. Texas Tech University, Lubbock. 38 pp.
6.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 December, 2009 - 3:36pm
Last updated 15 October, 2019 - 3:45pm

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