Melolontha incana
Authors/Creators
- 1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India.
- 2. 120 rue Gabriel Péri, F- 28000 Chartres, France.
- 3. Former Director, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442
Description
Key to the Indian species of incana group
1. Setae on elytra sparse; costae not demarcated (Fig. 11); pygidium bifurcate at apex, apical edges straight at outer margin (Fig. 23); parameres broader medially, outer edge semi–circular, apex straight (in dorsal view) (Fig. 51), apex pointed (in lateral view) (Fig. 63)................................................................... M. flabellata Sharp, 1876
– Setae on elytra dense; costae demarcated (Fig. 12); pygidium bifurcate at apex, apical edges curved outwardly at outer margin (Fig. 24); parameres relatively narrow medially, outer edge and apex nearly curved (in dorsal view) (Fig. 52), apex broad (in lateral view) (Fig. 64)............................................................ M. furcicauda Ancey, 1881
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Motschulsky
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Melolonthidae
- Genus
- Melolontha
- Species
- incana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melolontha incana (Motschulsky, 1854) sec. Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, 2023
References
- Sharp, D. (1876) Descriptions of some new species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malaysia. Coleopterologische Hefte, 15, 65 - 90.
- Ancey, F. (1881) Descriptions des Coleopteres nouveaux. Le Naturaliste, 1, 412 - 413.