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Phyllophaga obsoleta vanelleri
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Blaine Mathison
Phyllophaga obsoleta vanelleri -
Phyllophaga obsoleta
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
June 17, 2008
Size: 17 mm
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Contributed by
Blaine Mathison
on 17 April, 2010 - 8:17pm
Last updated 19 April, 2010 - 8:31am
Phyllophaga obsoleta
The subspecies
vanalleri
(Saylor 1939) was established as a synonym of
P. obsoleta
by Woodruff and Beck
(
1
)
. This should be placed as simply
Phyllophaga obsoleta
.
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Brad Barnd
, 12 May, 2010 - 12:24am
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But...
was considered a valid subspecies by Moron, in a more-recent (year?) revision of the subgenus. I will have to hunt down the exact reference...when I do I will post it here.
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Blaine Mathison
, 12 May, 2010 - 5:58am
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Here it is...
Moron, M. A. 2006. Revision de las especies de Phyllophaga (Phytalus) grupos obsoleta y pallida (Coleoptea: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana. 45 (1): 1-104.
This is the most recent reference I can find that makes note of the vanelleri form, so this is what I follow. I am content to follow Woodruff and Beck, since that is probably the best reference for America north of Mexico.
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Blaine Mathison
, 12 May, 2010 - 7:46am
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Ah
Thanks for pointing this out. The subspecies appears to be still in use, so we should probably leave it as such.
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Brad Barnd
, 12 May, 2010 - 1:15pm
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