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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini » Lined June Beetles (Polyphylla) » Polyphylla occidentalis

Species Polyphylla occidentalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
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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 Melolonthini
Genus Polyphylla (Lined June Beetles)
Species occidentalis (Polyphylla occidentalis)
Explanation of Names
Polyphylla occidentalis (Linnaeus 1767)
Size
20.2-25.5 mm(1)
Range
se. US, widespread(1)
Works Cited
1.Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Skelley P.E. 2005. Insecta Mundi 17: 129-156.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 13 June, 2005 - 10:42am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2013 - 1:45pm

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