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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga) » Subgenus Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga Subgenus Phyllophaga) » Phyllophaga vilifrons
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May Beetle - Phyllophaga vilifrons - male
Copyright © 2014 Lisa I.

May Beetle - Phyllophaga vilifrons - Male
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
April 27, 2014
Size: 14mm
Found in leaf litter.

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Contributed by Lisa I. on 27 April, 2014 - 8:53pm
Last updated 3 May, 2014 - 1:34am

Phyllophaga vilifrons (LeConte), male
Moved from May Beetles. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa!!

Species is supposed to have a setose pronotum, but character is lacking in this individual. Otherwise, the genitalia are a very good match for P. vilifrons, with only slight variations from published illustrations.
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