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1 January 2004 Revision of the cavata group of Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) Blanchard (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae)
Miguel-Angel Morón
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Abstract

Species in the Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) cavata group are reviewed, and three new species from México are described. The group includes P. (L.) cavata (Bates), P. (L.) micros (Bates), and P. (L.) meadei Saylor from the states of México, Michoacan, Hidalgo, and Durango; P. (L.) cochisa Saylor from Chihuahua, México, and Arizona, United States; P. (L.) planeta Reinhard from Texas; P. (L.) babicora n. sp., and P. (L.) macgregori n. sp. from Chihuahua and Durango, México; P. (L.) eligia Sanderson from Chihuahua, México, and Arizona, United States; P. (L.) valia Saylor, P. (L.) barrerana Aragón & Morón, and P. (L.) riverana n. sp. from Puebla, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Colima, and Jalisco, México. A key is provided for males of the 11 species. Figures of diagnostic structures and maps of the distribution of each species are included.

RESUMEN Se revisa el grupo de especies Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) cavata, y se describen tres especies nuevas de México. El grupo incluye: P. (L.) cavata (Bates), P. (L.) micros (Bates), y P. (L.) meadei Saylor del estado de México, Michoacán, Hidalgo y Durango, México; P. (L.) cochisa Saylor de Chihuahua, México y Arizona, E.U.A.; P. (L.) planeta Reinhard de Texas, E.U.A.; P. (L.) babicora n. sp., y P. (L.) macgregori n. sp. de Chihuahua y Durango, México; P. (L.) eligia Sanderson de Chihuahua, México, y Arizona, E.U.A.; P. (L.) valia Saylor, P. (L.) barrerana Aragón y Morón, y P. (L.) riverana n. sp. de Puebla, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Colima y Jalisco, México. Se presenta una clave para separar los machos de las 11 especies. Se incluyen ilustraciones de las estructuras diagnósticas y mapas de distribución.

Miguel-Angel Morón "Revision of the cavata group of Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) Blanchard (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(1), 77-96, (1 January 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0077:ROTCGO]2.0.CO;2
Received: 14 May 2003; Accepted: 1 September 2003; Published: 1 January 2004
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KEYWORDS
May beetles
México
Phyllophaga
southern United States
taxonomy
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