Guzmán-Vásquez, Héctor Miguel;Martínez-Martínez, Laura
Phyllophaga
Sign in to savePhyllophaga is a very large genus (more than 900 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and July beetles. They range in size from and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally. These beetles are nocturnal, and are attracted to artificial lights in great numbers.
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Vinony's link graph records 165 inbound references to Phyllophaga, and connects out to Scarabaeidae, Animalia and insect.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9,921
- With media
- 681
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- FCB-BUAP, MHNCA, CZUG-CUCBA-UDG, ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melolonthini
- Image
- Phyllophaga spPCCP20040419-4076A2.jpg
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- taxon author citation
- Harris, 1827
- Commons category
- Phyllophaga
- taxon name
- Phyllophaga
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phyllophaga
- Commons gallery
- Phyllophaga
- taxon common name
- Salagubang
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Life cycle
- Diet
- Predators
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Phyllophaga is a very large genus (more than 900 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and July beetles. They range in size from and are blackish or reddish-brown in colour, without prominent markings, and often rather hairy ventrally. These beetles are nocturnal, and are attracted to artificial lights in great numbers.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words phyllon (φυλλον), which means "leaf", and '''' (φαγος), which means "eater".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phyllophaga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.