Phyllophaga navidad

Taxonavigation

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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) navidad

Name

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Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) navidad Morón & Woodruff, 2008

Type locality: Mexico, Jalisco, 25 mi NW Barra de Navidad, 19º18'N, 104º49'W.

Holotype: FSCA. male. 22.VII.1974. P.D. Perkins.

Etymology

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Specific epithet derived from the name of type locality, Barra de Navidad.

References

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