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Lighter, shorter-haired Phyllophaga - Listrochelus tarsalis
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Lighter, shorter-haired Phyllophaga - Listrochelus tarsalis
Duquesne Rd, west of Lochiel, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: 14mm
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 30 July, 2009 - 7:17pm
Last updated 3 July, 2016 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from May Beetles.
… v belov, 20 November, 2010 - 3:16pm

Phyllophaga tarsalis Schaeffer
One can almost see the diagnostic expanded (like a shark's dorsal fin) first metatarsal segment. The locality, pruinose pronotum, and long elytral hairs peg this one. In the same area a look alike, Phyllophaga nogales, occurs, but is has short elytral hair and "normal" posterior tarsi. The peckers are different as well.
… William B. Warner, 9 October, 2010 - 8:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 30 July, 2009 - 10:45pm

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