The Lachnosterna of the Vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas.
By McColloch and Hayes.
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Lachnosterna is a jr. syn. of
Phyllophaga
McColloch, J.W. and W.P. Hayes. 1919. The
Lachnosterna of the Vicinity of Manhattan, Kan. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 30: 184-195.
SOURCE OF DATA: The following local list of
Lachnosterna is based primarily on 41,633 specimens collected by the writers during the years 1916 1917 and 1918. The work has been done in connection with an investigation on the biology of
Lachnosterna of Kansas which is one phase of studies on insects injurious to the roots of staple crops being made at this station. In addition use has been made of the collection of the department of entomology which contains approximately 2,000 pinned specimens and reference has been made to the literature on distribution relative to the area under discussion.
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