Nuevas especies mesoamericanas de <em>Phyllophaga </em> Harris (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae; Melolonthinae)

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Morón Instituto de Ecología, A.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v24i1.5956

Keywords:

Taxonomía, escarabajos de mayo, bosque mesófilo de montaña.

Abstract

Se describen cuatro especies de Phyllophaga (s.str.): P. herrerana n. sp. de las montañas de Puebla y Veracruz: P. imeldae n. sp. de las cumbres de Dolores, Guerrero; P. roberterroni n. sp. de la sierra norte de Hidalgo; y P. loxichana n. sp. de la sierra de Miahuatlán, Oaxaca. Se incluyen habitus dorsales y laterales, ilustraciones de las estructuras con valor diagnóstico y comentarios sobre sus características distintivas. 

Author Biography

Miguel Angel Morón, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.

Investigador Titular, Red de Biodiversidad y Sistematica

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2017-01-24

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