Species Polyphylla monahansensis

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Works Cited

Polyphylla monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and June Bugs)

Tribe Melolonthini

Genus Polyphylla (Lined June Beetles)

Species monahansensis (Polyphylla monahansensis)

Other Common Names

Monahans 10-lined June Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Hardy in Hardy & Andrews 1978

Explanation of Names

Named for Monahans Sandhills State Park, the Type Locality

Numbers

31 spp. from CAN to MEX (1)

Range

TEXAS: Winkler County, Junction of State Highway 115 and Farm Road 874, NE of Kermit, rest area, 28 July 1978 Andrews County, 1.5 miles south of Junction Highways 115 and 181, 6 July 1991, C. S. Wolfe and E. G. Riley.

NEW MEXICO: Lea County, 4 miles south of Jal, Highway 18, 6 July 1991, C. S. Wolfe and E. G. Riley. (La Rue 1998)

Habitat

Polyphylla monahansensis is a sand obligate restricted to regions of arid climate in southeastern New Mexico and adjacent western Texas. (La Rue 1998)

Season

July (La Rue 1998)

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(l): l-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. Full PDF

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 December, 2009 - 3:36pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 11:26pm

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