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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) » Death Valley June Beetle (Polyphylla erratica)

Species Polyphylla erratica - Death Valley June Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Polyphylla erratica Hardy & Andrews, 1978 - Polyphylla erratica - male - female Polyphilla - Polyphylla erratica Polyphilla - Polyphylla erratica Polyphilla - Polyphylla erratica Polyphilla - Polyphylla erratica
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 erratica (Death Valley June Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Polyphylla erratica Hardy and Andrews 1978
Range
Kelso Sand Dunes, Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., CA (Hardy and Andrews 1978)
Habitat
saltgrass communities
Remarks
on California's "Special Animals" List. (1)
Print References
La Rue, D.A. (1998). Notes on Polyphylla Harris with a description of a new species. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 12(1 & 2): 22–37. (Full PDF)
Works Cited
1.California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Special Animals List.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). 2016. Periodic publication. 51 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 5 July, 2010 - 12:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 April, 2016 - 8:46am

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