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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 scitula

Species Phyllophaga scitula

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · 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 scitula (Phyllophaga scitula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllophaga scitula (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Lachnosterna scitula Horn, 1887
Size
18-22 mm (Horn 1887)
Range
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Season
Mar-May (1)(4)
Remarks
not common (1)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1887. Revision of the Lachnosterna of America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 14: 209-296.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.May Beetles of the United States and Canada
Luginbill and Painter. 1953. USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1060.
2.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
3.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 November, 2012 - 3:41pm
Last updated 25 August, 2021 - 2:05pm

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