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CHECKLIST OF THE NEW WORLD MELOLONTHINAE-EVANS AND SMITH
Subgenus: Phytalus Blanchard, 1851: 130 (as genus). Type species Melolontha pubereus
Mannerheim, by subsequent designation (Saylor, 1942a: 162).
Subgenus: Tostegoptera Blanchard, 1851: 149 (as genus) . Type species Melolontha lanceolata Say,
by monotypy.
Subgenus: Triodonyx Saylor, 1942a: 158 (as genus). Type species Triodonyx gigantissima Saylor, by
original designation.
Keys to species: Horn, 1885: 119 (United States); Forbes, 1894: 139 (Illinois); Blatchley, 1910
(Indiana); Langston, 1927b: 8 (Mississippi); Luginbill, 1928: 55 (South Carolina); Chapin, 1932b: 179
(Cuba); 1935a: 2 (subgenus Chlaenobia); Travis, 1934: 315 (Iowa); Saylor, 1939b: 90 (sociatus
species group); 1939c: 160 (subgenus Phytalus); 1940c: 63 (subgenus Listrochelus); Böving, 1942: 21
(larvae); Fattig, 1944: (Georgia); Reinhard, 1946: 70 (apterous species); 1950: 31 (Texas); Sanderson,
1951: 254 (Hispaniola); 1958: 159 (Arizona subgenera and species groups); Luginbill and Painter,
1953: 4 (United States); Rosander and Werner, 1970: 1136 (Arizona larvae); Frey, 1975a: 202 (South
American Phyllophaga); Lago et al., 1979: 42 (North Dakota); King, 1983: 45 (Costa Rica); Morón
1986: 189 (Mexican subgenera and species groups); Woodruff and Beck, 1989: 78 (Florida); Ratcliffe,
1991: 186 (Nebraska); Morón and Deloya 1991: 216 (Durango); Warner and Morón, 1992: 323
(subgenus Triodonyx); Morón, 1991: 406 (subgenus Chirodines); 1993: 76 (Veracruz); 1994: 39
(Hidalgo); Morón, Aragón, Tapia-Rojas, Rojas-Garcia, 2000: 96 (Puebla); Aragón, Morón, Tapia-
Rojas, Rojas-Garcia 2001: 155 (Puebla); Harpootlian, 2001: 75 (South Carolina).
Annotated lists: Morón, Hernandez-Rodriguez, and Ramiriez Campos, 1996: 37 (Nayarit); Cano and
Morón, 1998: 9 (Guatemala); Morón, Vallejo and Restrepo-Giraldo 1998: 31 (Colombia); Solís and
Morón, 1998: 21 (Costa Rica)
Bibliography: Pike et al., 1976: 2.
Phyllophaga abcea Saylor
Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) abcea Saylor, 1940d: 112
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) abcea Saylor; Cano and Morón, 1998: 14
Distribution: Guatemala
Phyllophaga abdominalis (Moser)
Lachnosterna abdominalis Moser, 1921c: 254
Phyllophaga abdominalis (Moser); Blackwelder, 1944: 223
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) abdominalis (Moser); Morón, 1986: 205
Distribution: México
Phyllophaga abudantuni Chalumeau and Gruner
Phyllophaga (Cnemarachis) abudantuni Chalumeau and Gruner, 1976: 89
Distribution: Martinique
Phyllophaga acapulca Saylor
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) acapulca Saylor, 1943d: 135
Distribution: México
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