Phyllophaga navidad

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) navidad

Name

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

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

References

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