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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Diplotaxini » Diplotaxis » Diplotaxis puberula
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Beetle - Diplotaxis puberula
Copyright © 2006 Graham Montgomery

Beetle - Diplotaxis puberula
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
July 7, 2006
Size: 1 cm
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 21 November, 2006 - 2:06pm
Last updated 20 November, 2010 - 10:05pm

Moved tentatively per Bill's suggestion
Moved from Diplotaxis.
… v belov, 20 November, 2010 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frit Flies.Sorry. mix-up. ANd thanks for the ID's.
… Graham Montgomery, 24 November, 2006 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Diplotaxis.
… Graham Montgomery, 24 November, 2006 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

Diplotaxis, not Phyllophaga
This looks to be Diplotaxis puberula LeConte. Need a good shot of tarsal claws, mentum, and male genitalia to be sure, but that is about the only hairy species with that general appearance in the Houston area.
… William B. Warner, 22 November, 2006 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae
lots of sp. in Texas, I'll defer to to Warner on genus, since he evidently recognizes this - the pygidium is usually diagnostic here; relatively large on Phyllophaga, smaller on Diplotaxis. I'm told a significant revision of the Diplotaxis is in the works. Unlike Phyllophaga, which often have intricate, sculptured genitalia, they are of limited value in determining the sp. of Diplotaxis.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 22 November, 2006 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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