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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 hirticula

Species Phyllophaga hirticula

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · 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 Rhizotrogini
Genus Phyllophaga (May Beetles)
No Taxon (Subgenus Phyllophaga)
Species hirticula (Phyllophaga hirticula)
Explanation of Names
Phyllophaga hirticula (Knoch, 1801)
Size
16 to 19 mm
Identification
Long setae in rows on the elytra (occasionally worn), 10-segmented antennae
Range
e. US, but absent from deep south - Map (1)
See Also
Phyllophaga longispina also has long hairs in rows, but has 9-segmented antennae.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 26 April, 2010 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 July, 2022 - 12:31am

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