A New Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) timida Group Species from Baja California Sur (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Authors

William B. Warner, Chandler, ArizonaFollow

Date of this Version

7-29-2022

Citation

Warner WB. 2022. A new Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) timida group species from Baja California Sur (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 0943: 1–4.

Comments

Published on July 29, 2022 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) baja, new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), is de­scribed and illustrated. Its relationship to other species in the “timida group” is discussed.

Morón (2002) reviewed the Phyllophaga Harris (Listrochelus Blanchard) species near P. timida (Horn) and included a key to the eight known species of the “timida group.” Many species in this group are difficult to dis­tinguish from one another via external characters; however, the male genital shape is diagnostic for each. Here I describe a new species from Baja California Sur, Mexico, that falls within that group.