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 f2c46514-f165-43d3-a574-47c55b89dcd6 1175-5326 218998 29D77A16-096D-4FC1-A5B4-9EEDF2E761A7 8. Phyllophaga ( Phyllophaga ) pachypyga (Burmeister, 1855) Redescription. Male genital capsule ( Fig. 36 ) is cylindrical, parameres are short, wide at the base, and fused dorsally. The long aedeagus is projected from the parameres with spiniform projections at the pre-apical zone, finishing in a long and characteristically curved whip. Comments. After revising and comparing the type specimens, Morón (2001) analyzed P. nigrofusca (Moser) and P. pachypyga , confirming Frey’s observation (1975) that, in his opinion, both were impossible to distinguish from one another. Ancylonycha pachypyga was described with a male from “ Brazil ”, but Frey (1975) considered that its distribution covered Peru , Venezuela , Colombia , and possibly Panama . Lachnosterna nigrofusca was originally described with males obtained in “ Venezuela ”, which were very similar to P. brevisetosa (Moser) . Morón (2001) studied the A. pachypyga holotype “without data” that was deposited in MLUH, the L. nigrofusca “ Venezuela ” holotype deposited in ZMHU, and two specimens, one male and one female, labeled “ Colombia : Fusagasugá” deposited in ZMHU. There is no precise data on their distribution in Colombia .