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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 torta

Species Phyllophaga torta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phyllophaga torta (LeConte) - Phyllophaga torta

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 torta (Phyllophaga torta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllophaga torta (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Lachnosterna torta LeConte, 1856

Size

19-24 mm (1)

Range

sc US (TX-LA-MO-KS) / Tamps, Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)(Rodríguez-del-Bosque et al. 1995)(4)

Widespread in TX (except w. TX) (5)

Season

End of April to middle of July. (1)

June-Sept, (w/ peak in Sept) in OK (Royer et al. 2007)

Remarks

Fairly abundant (1)

Print References

Rodríguez-del-Bosque, L.A., R.L. Crocker and E.J. Riley. 1995. Diversity and abundance of Phyllophaga and Anomala species in agroecosystems of northern Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 20(1): 55-59.

Royer, T., et al. 2007. May or June beetles infesting oklahoma turf.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

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

2.	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.

3.	Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas) Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 November, 2010 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Maury Heiman
Last updated 26 May, 2023 - 11:10pm

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