The genus Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the Colombian Andean Mountains
Author
Vallejo, Luís Fernando
Author
Wolff, Martha
text
Zootaxa
2013
3722
2
101
142
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.1
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19.
Phyllophaga
(
Phyllophaga
)
roscida
(Burmeister, 1855)
Comments.
The species was originally described from a male and a female obtained in “Columbien” by Mr. Sommer. Frey (1975) stated that only the female
type
was found and that it is similar to
P. rorulenta
and to
P. pastassana
(Moser)
from
Ecuador
. Revision of the non-type female deposited in MLUH showed that the mesotibial and metatibial structures are similar to the species in the subgenus
Cnemarachis
, however, the structure of the claws is very different to those of
P. pastassana
.