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Asiatic Garden Beetle (Maladera formosae)
Photo#561454
Copyright © 2011
Tim Martin
Serica from night of August 11, 2011 -
Maladera formosae
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
August 11, 2011
Voucher specimen obtained.
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Contributed by
Tim Martin
on 11 August, 2011 - 10:24pm
Last updated 18 September, 2011 - 8:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Serica
. Widened hind tibiae and distinctive male genitalia readily ID this species. Now a photo-voucher, thanks Tim.
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Brad Barnd
, 18 September, 2011 - 8:40pm
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Thanks!
Introduced species. Interesting. It doesn't seem to have made Phyllophaga any rarer (or has it?).
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Tim Martin
, 20 September, 2011 - 1:30pm
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Not that I know of
I don't know if the interactions between the many introduced scarabs and native species have been studied.
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Brad Barnd
, 20 September, 2011 - 2:58pm
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Lots to study
Indeed, it seems you are in an area where there is little at least that I can see from an amateur point of view. I was surprised though that this species had a common name!
How would that be studied, such interaction? Just raw counts of specimens?
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Tim Martin
, 20 September, 2011 - 3:04pm
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sorry I missed your question
I don't know for sure, but maybe surveying populations before and after introduction of the introduced species or comparing diversity between areas where it occurs and doesn't occur.
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Brad Barnd
, 21 February, 2012 - 12:29am
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