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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga) » Subgenus Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga Subgenus Phyllophaga) » Phyllophaga submucida

Species Phyllophaga submucida

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

Phyllophaga (s. str.) submucida (LeConte) - Phyllophaga submucida - male

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 submucida (Phyllophaga submucida)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllophaga submucida (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Lachnosterna submucida LeConte, 1856

Explanation of Names

muci (L). 'moldy' (1)

Size

19-20 mm (2)

Identification

One of the few Phyllophaga that can be reasonably ID'ed from images. This species has a distinctive reddish pronotum and lighter brownish elytra with a waxy bloom, and is exceptionally common in TX. - mjpaulsen

Dets. Brad Barnd (from examining these spmns)

Range

sc US (c.TX-MO-NE), FL - Map (2)(3), common in some localities (2)

Season

July-August in KS (4)

Food

Big Bluestem in KS (4)

Remarks

Keys in Class II species (hairy/setose above) in (2) although hairs are very short and inconspicuous.

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1856. Synopsis of the Melolonthidae. Journal of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia (2)3: 225-228.

McColloch, J.W. and W.P. Hayes. 1919. The Lachnosterna of the Vicinity of Manhattan, Kan. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 30: 184-195. (4)

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	The Lachnosterna of the Vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas. McColloch and Hayes. 1919. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 30: 184-195.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 November, 2010 - 11:30am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 2 April, 2024 - 4:28pm

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