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Phyllophaga ephilida

  • 1. 33493 " S " Avenue Adel, Iowa 50003
  • 2. 168 Thompson Drive SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
  • 3. Biology Department, University of Mississippi University, Mississippi 38677

Description

Phyllophaga ephilida (Say, 1825)

Jaques 1926; Travis 1934; ISIC; ELFC; DAVC.

Collection dates: July–August.

Collected at light.

Travis (1934) reported this species as present in Iowa based on a survey conducted by H. E. Jaques (1926) and suggested this species was rare in Iowa.

Specimen label data: Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa, 17 July 2004 [8], gas station lights, ELF (ELFC).

County records (Figure 126): Fremont, Louisa, Van Buren.

Notes

Published as part of Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (787) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5353792

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Phyllophaga
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Say
Species
ephilida
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phyllophaga ephilida (Say, 1825) sec. Freese, Veal & Lago, 2020

References

  • Jaques, H. E. 1926. A preliminary survey of May beetles (Phyllophaga spp.) in Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 33: 337 - 339.
  • Travis, B. V. 1934. Phyllophaga of Iowa. Iowa State Journal of Science 8 (2): 313 - 365.