Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida

 

Title

A new species of Polyphylla Harris from peninsular Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with a key to species of the pubescens species group

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

7-24-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0085: 1-14. Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., P. O. Box 141874, Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U.S.A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Polyphylla starkae Skelley, new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini), is described from peninsular Florida, USA. Observations on its life history and a key to related species are provided.