Phyllophaga potosisalta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Melolonthini
Genus: Phyllophaga
Subgenera: Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga)
Species: Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) potosisalta

Name

Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) potosisalta Morón & Woodruff, 2008

Type locality: Mexico, San Luis Potosí, El Salto falls, 22º35'0,9.9."N, 99º22'55.4"W.

Holotype: FSCA. male. 14.VI.1963. R.E. Woodruff.

Etymology

The specific epithet is formed with an anagram of the name of the type locality, El Salto, San Luis Potosí.

References

  • Morón, Miguel-Angel & Robert E. Woodruff, 2008, Florida Entomologist 91 (2): 198–204.
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