Fauna de coleoptera Melolonthidae de Villa Las Rosas, Chiapas, México

Acta zoológica mexicana

Morón-Ríos, Alejandro¹  Morón, Miguel Angel²  Alcázar-Ruiz, José Antonio¹ 

[1] El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, México;Instituto de Ecología, A.C, Jalapa, México

关键词: Melolonthidae;    Phyllophaga;    Anomala;    taxonomy;    distribution;    subdeciduous tropical forest;   

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学科分类：动物科学

来源: ACTA ZOOLóGICA MEXICANA

【 摘 要 】

A study of the nocturnal Melolonthidae beetle fauna of Villa Las Rosas, Chiapas, México is presented. Data were obtained during 1999-2000 with 103 nights of collecting effort at lights near the borders of subdeciduos tropical forest and pine-oak forest, located at 1,240 m of altitude. Records of 3 subfamilies, 9 tribes and 50 species of the genera Diplotaxis, Phyllophaga, Polyphylla, Hoplia, Anomala, Pelidnota, Cyclocephala, Euetheola, Ligyrus, Coelosis, Enema, Strategus, Xyloryctes, Spodistes, Archophileurus, Hemiphileurus and Phileurus are included. Higher specific diversity is presented in the genera Phyllophaga (16 spp.) and, Anomala (11 spp.). Phyllophaga tenuipilis (Bates), P. ravida (Blanchard), Xyloryctes lobicollis Bates and, Anomala inconstans Burmeister were the most abundant species in the samples. Archophileurus simplex (Bates) and Phyllophaga anolaminata (Moser) are cited for first time in México, and Anomala decolor Bates, A. forreri (Bates), Diplotaxis consentanea Bates, D. simillima Moser and, Hoplia squamifera Burmeister are recorded for first time from Chiapas state. A

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