Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, No. 5: Keys to tribes and genera

Authors

Lawrence Saylor, California Academy of Sciences

Date of this Version

7-1948

Citation

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp 240-243.

Abstract

This paper completes my studies covering a synoptic review of the United States dynastine scarab beetles, the preceding four parts having been published in this same JOURNAL.

KEY TO UNITED STATES TRIBES

The genera of the tribes Phileurini and Dynastini were covered in Part 4 of this series, and the genera of the tribe Cyclocephalini in Part 1. The tribe Oryctini was discussed in Part 2 and in Part 3 and was completed in Part 4; these eight United States genera of Oryctini may be separated as follows: KEY TO GENERA OF UNITED STATES ORYCTINI

SUPPLEMENT Euetheola subglabra Schaeffer Since Part 2 of this series was published I have received a male specimen from Tepic, Mexico, from Dr. Chapin, of the U. S. National Museum