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Species Listrochelus texensis

Phyllophaga texensis Saylor - Listrochelus texensis - male Phyllophaga texensis Saylor - Listrochelus texensis - male Phyllophaga texensis Saylor - Listrochelus texensis - male Phyllophaga texensis Saylor - Listrochelus texensis - male
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 Listrochelus
Species texensis (Listrochelus texensis)
Explanation of Names
Listrochelus texensis (Saylor, 1940)
Size
11-14 mm (1)
Identification
Saylor (1940): Outer front claw with a larger intercalated tooth, inner claw without such tooth; pygidium normally convex; sides of thorax subangularly dilated, margin very coarsely crenate (1)
Range
w. to c. & s. TX (1)(2) (Sanderson to Uvalde to Brownsville)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texeas, June 5, 1932 [Saylor], deposited in the United States National Museum (No. 53770).
See Also
Externally probably closest superficially to L. cushmani, but quite different in the male genital and claw characters. The male genitalia of the present species are not closely similar in form to any others in the genus. (1)
Print References
Saylor, L.W. 1940. Revision of the scarabaeid beetles of the Phyllophagan subgenus Listrochelus of the United States, with discussion of related subgenera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 89 (no. 3095): 59-130. (1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the scarabaeid beetles of the phyllophagan subgenus Listrochelus of the United States, with discussion...
L.W. Saylor. 1940. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 89(3095): 59-130.
2.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.