Phyllophaga (Chirodines) Moroni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a New Species from Oaxaca, Mexico

Autor: Elia Jirón-Pablo, Julián Hernández-Cruz, Teodulfo Aquino-Boanose, Héctor Miguel Guzmán-Vásquez, Carlos Granados-Echegoyen
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Florida Entomologist. 102:121
ISSN: 0015-4040
Popis: Phyllophaga (Chirodines) moroni is described based on 8 males collected by black-light trap in a disturbed area of pine-oak forest of the Sierra-Sur region of Oaxaca State, Mexico. This finding represents the fifth described species of the subgenus on the American continent, the second species of the subgenus listed for Oaxaca State, and the third species of the subgenus for Mexico. A key to separate the 5 species in the subgenus Chirodines presently described is provided.
Databáze: OpenAIRE