Phyllophaga obsoleta

Phyllophaga obsoleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scarabaeidae
Genus:Phyllophaga
Species: P. obsoleta
Binomial name
Phyllophaga obsoleta
(Blanchard, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ancylonycha longicornis Blanchard, 1851
  • Phyllophaga mecocera Burmeister, 1855
  • Phytalus laevigatus Burmeister, 1855
  • Phytalus longicornis Burmeister, 1855
  • Phytalus oxypygus Blackwelder, 1944
  • Phytalus vanalleri Schaeffer, 1927

Phyllophaga obsoleta is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][5]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Phyllophaga obsoleta:

  • Phyllophaga obsoleta obsoleta g
  • Phyllophaga obsoleta vanalleri (Schaeffer, 1927) c g
  • Phyllophaga obsoleta vanelleri b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Phyllophaga obsoleta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. 1 2 "Phyllophaga obsoleta species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. 1 2 "Phyllophaga obsoleta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. 1 2 "Phyllophaga obsoleta Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ↑ Skelley, Paul E. (2003). "Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Insecta Mundi. 17 (3–4).

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Ratcliffe, Brett C.; Paulsen, M.J. (2008). "The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska". 22. University of Nebraska State Museum.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-05-04.


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