Microlontha iranica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Melolonthini
Genus: Microlontha
Species: Microlontha iranica

Name

Microlontha iranica Uliana & Keith, 2022: 136

Type locality: Iran, SE Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan prov., Qaregi vill. [=Korgi-ye Gharbi], 26m. 25°37’21”N, 61°16’59”E.

Holotype: MSNVE. male ♂. 29.IV.2019. legit O. Pak.

References

Primary references

• Uliana, M. & Keith, D. 2022. Discovery of a second species in the genus Microlontha Petrovitz, 1967 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Zootaxa 5134(1): 135–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.1.7. . Reference page.