Biology:Polyphylla occidentalis
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Polyphylla occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Polyphylla |
| Species: | P. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyphylla occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Polyphylla occidentalis is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[1]
The beetle is widespread in the southeastern United States, and is active throughout the warm summer months. A brownish beetle with white stripes,[6] its adult size ranges from 22 to 26 mm.[7] The males' antennae have rather large clubs. The adults feed on pines, while the larvae eat sedge roots.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Polyphylla occidentalis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=928294. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Polyphylla occidentalis species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/8b65ac207bf1ec681eb6749b3d25b6b4. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Polyphylla occidentalis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1057466. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Polyphylla occidentalis Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/20086. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Polyphylla occidentalis Overview". http://eol.org/pages/3259765/overview. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. pp. 165. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
- ↑ Skelley, Paul E. (2003). "Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Insecta Mundi 17 (3–4). http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/25029/24360.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae. USDA Agriculture Handbook. http://entomology.si.edu/coleoptera/ColeopteraCatalog/Scarabaeidae_Rutelinae&Dynastinae_529-34b.pdf.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732.
- Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas". Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. http://texasento.net/Texas_Scarabs.pdf.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894.
- Young, R.M. (1988). "A monograph of the genus Polyphylla Harris in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln 11 (2): 1–116.
External links
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
Wikidata ☰ Q14858611 entry
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