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Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): a sixth species of Pseudholophylla Blackburn, 1911, and notes on the other known species

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The genus Pseudholophylla Blackburn, 1911 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) is reviewed and males of a sixth species, P. hurai new species, are described and differentiated from males of the remaining species. The only known female, of P. lepidoptera Blackburn, 1912, is described and illustrated. The genus occurs across northern Australia in areas of savanna, hot semi-arid or hot desert and specimens are collected rarely.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.1.3

Authors: PAUL M. HUTCHINSON, PETER G. ALLSOPP

Institutions: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Queensland Museum

Language: English

Topic: Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Subfield: Insect Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4200149802

FWCI: 0.829

Cites: 1

Cited by: 1

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