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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 rossi
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Phyllophaga? - Phyllophaga rossi
Copyright © 2018 Salvador Vitanza

Phyllophaga? - Phyllophaga rossi
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
June 8, 2018
Size: 13 mm
Found in the soil while planting a hedge
Coordinates: 31.335387, -110.937666
Elevation: 3,928 ft

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 8 June, 2018 - 8:49pm
Last updated 29 June, 2019 - 6:51am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Phyllophaga.
… William B. Warner, 28 June, 2019 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
This one looks like Phyllophaga rossi (9 antennomeres)

and it was found in the same location, a few meters apart. I suspect the one you determined is a female and this other beetle is the male. The last two sternites are different.
I am excited about the images of this species because I couldn't find any online photos of it. In addition, a couple of old publications mention that the female is unknown and that the species is rarely found.
… Salvador Vitanza, 28 June, 2019 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Phyllophaga rossi.
… William B. Warner, 28 June, 2019 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from May Beetles.
… William B. Warner, 28 June, 2019 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Sweet!
A new one for the guide! Thank you William for lending your expertise to BugGuide.
… Salvador Vitanza, 28 June, 2019 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… Salvador Vitanza, 9 June, 2018 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

Phyllophaga sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 June, 2018 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

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