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Polyphylla diffracta Casey 1892

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Polyphylla diffracta Casey

Materials examined. MEXICO, Chihuahua: 86 km NE Nácori Chico (Sonora), Rancho Arroyo El Cocono, 1660m, 7.VIII.1982, S. McCleve, G.E., K.E. Ball [12 males, not examined, depository unknown].

USA, Colorado: Bent County, 3.5 mi S of Caddoa, 3.VII.1990, B. Kondratieff, M. Kippenhan, H.E. Evans (1 male, DALC).

Remarks. The Mexico locality was previously reported by Young (1988) as from the state of Sonora. Revised locality data cited by McCleve and Kohlmann (2005) indicate this locality is actually within the southwestern border of the state of Chihuahua.

This species was not listed from Colorado by Young (1967, 1988). Krell (2010) cites “Mesa County, Colorado.” Records of its occurrence in California (Young 1967, 1988; Evans 1992) certainly represent misidentified or mislabeled specimens. For example, examination of a male specimen in the SBMNH determined as this species and labeled “Calif: San Bernardino Co., San Bernardino NF, nr. Deer Crk. 34.1741 -116.9844, July 2, 2005, specimen #CBP0031851, M. Caterino collector” shows that, in fact, it represents P. crinita with fragmented elytral vittae (see comments regarding this character under P. rugosipennis below).

Notes

Published as part of La Rue, Delbert A., 2016, Natural history, ecology, and conservation of the genus Polyphylla Harris, 1841. 1. New species from the southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico, with notes on distribution and synonymy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), pp. 1-41 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (491) on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353384

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Casey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Polyphylla
Species
diffracta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polyphylla diffracta Casey, 1892 sec. Rue, 2016

References

  • Young, R. M. 1988. A monograph of the genus Polyphylla Harris in America, north of Mexico. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 11: vi + 115 p.
  • McCleve, S., and B. Kohlmann 2005. New species and new records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and the United States. Zootaxa 1096: 17 - 28.
  • Young, R. M. 1967. Polyphylla Harris in America, north of Mexico. Part I: the diffracta complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93: 279 - 318.
  • Krell, F. - T. 2010. Catalog of Colorado Scarabs and Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) based on literature records. Technical Report 2010 - 4. Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Denver, CO. 84 p.
  • Evans, A. V. 1992. Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of California. Scarabs Newsletter 7: 1 - 10. (Available at ~ http: // coleopsoc. org. Last accessed January 2016).