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Issue: Vol. 4362 No. 4: 7 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.4.6
Page range: 575–583
Abstract views: 84
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Four new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from western Cuba

Instituto de Ecología A.C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, México
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, México
Coleoptera taxonomy may beetles West Indies chafers subgenus Cnemarachis

Abstract

Four new species in the genus Phyllophaga Harris 1827, subgenus Cnemarachis Saylor 1942 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Cuba are described: Phyllophaga barroi new species, Phyllophaga guanahacabibensis new species, Phyllophaga pauli new species, and Phyllophaga sabanalamarensis new species. Each species is illustrated using photographs of the habitus, diagnostic features, and male aedeagi. A map is provided showing the geographical distributions of the new species.

 

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