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Issue: Vol. 2062 No. 1: 3 Apr. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2062.1.3
Page range: 37–45
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Costa Rica

Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Apdo. Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, México
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Coleoptera taxonomy rain forest Talamanca Guanacaste Central America May beetles

Abstract

Two new species of Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) are described: Phyllophaga larai García-López & Morón sp. nov. and Phyllophaga copalensis García-López & Morón sp. nov. The specimens were collected in premontane rain forests located at 1000 m in altitude in the Talamanca and Guanacaste mountain ranges, Costa Rica. A distribution map, key to the two new species as well as their two nearest relatives, and illustrations of diagnostic structures are provided.

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