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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.6
Page range: 85–103
Abstract views: 126
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Taxonomic review of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) in the Philippines

Regional Crop Protection Center -Region IVA, Los Baños, Laguna 4030, Philippines.
Crop Protection Cluster-College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines.
Coleoptera June beetle white grubs new species

Abstract

The genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) is reviewed for the species from the Philippines. Five species of Leucopholis occur in the Philippines, including one new species. Keys to the genera of Leucopholini and to the species of Leucopholis in the Philippines are provided.

 

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