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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 luctuosa
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Phyllophaga...but which one? - Phyllophaga luctuosa - male
Copyright © 2011 jmoan

Phyllophaga...but which one? - Phyllophaga luctuosa - Male
Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
April 1, 2010
Size: ~ 20mm
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Phyllophaga...but which one? - Phyllophaga luctuosa - male Phyllophaga.- UPDATED PHOTOS - Phyllophaga luctuosa - male
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Contributed by jmoan on 1 July, 2011 - 3:20pm
Last updated 12 July, 2011 - 4:22pm

Moved
Moved from May Beetles. Fairly confident on this, but if you can, please check genitalia against the the first reference I cited below, which is available online. Having the specimen in hand, you can confirm that it does indeed match P. luctuosa.
… Brad Barnd, 12 July, 2011 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
looks right to me...
I couldn't find that first reference online, but was able to find sharp photos of this species in the Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
here.
… jmoan, 13 July, 2011 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Great
Thanks.
… Brad Barnd, 13 July, 2011 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Hmm
Challenging, as the genitalia images aren't the clearest. My best guess is P. luctuosa (Horn), but I'm not entirely sure as I haven't seen the species before. I'll ask around.
… Brad Barnd, 2 July, 2011 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll try
and get some sharper photos.
… jmoan, 3 July, 2011 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
Literature
Since you seem to be interested in Phyllophaga, there a couple of good regional works for your area. One is Woodruff and Beck's The Scarab Beetles of Florida (1) which is available online. There is also Philip Harpootlian's Scarab Beetles of South Carolina (2) which may still be available for purchase.
… Brad Barnd, 3 July, 2011 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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