Phyllophaga potosisalta

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: Phyllophaga
Subgenera: Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga)
Species: Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) potosisalta

Name

Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) potosisalta Morón & Woodruff, 2008

Type locality: Mexico, San Luis Potosí, El Salto falls, 22º35'0,9.9."N, 99º22'55.4"W.

Holotype: FSCA. male. 14.VI.1963. R.E. Woodruff.

Etymology

The specific epithet is formed with an anagram of the name of the type locality, El Salto, San Luis Potosí.

References

• Morón, Miguel-Angel & Robert E. Woodruff, 2008, Florida Entomologist 91 (2): 198–204. [1]