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Dichelonyx vicinus
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Description
Dichelonyx vicinus (Fall, 1901)
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Dichelonycha [sic] vicina Fall 1901: 291.
Dichelonyx vicinus is the largest sulcate Dichelonyx species in southern California, ranging from 8.5 to 13.7 mm in length (Fig. 27). This species occurs at higher elevations (1,374–1,893 m in San Diego County), where adults eat needles of several species of conifers (Fall 1901). Specimens are frequently collected at light. It is readily distinguished from other sulcate species occurring in the area by its large size and bright metallic green or blue elytra. The species is common in San Diego County and presumably occurs in Baja California where similar coniferous habitats exist.
Notes
Published as part of McPeak, Ron H., Lago, Paul K. & Hanley, Guy A., 2020, Two New Sulcate Species of Dichelonyx Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Dichelonychini) from Southern California, USA and Baja California, Mexico, pp. 45-59 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.45, http://zenodo.org/record/4790442
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Melolonthidae
- Genus
- Dichelonyx
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fall
- Species
- vicinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dichelonyx vicinus (Fall, 1901) sec. McPeak, Lago & Hanley, 2020
References
- Fall, H. C. 1901. Notes on Dichelonycha and Cantharis, with descriptions of new species in other genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 27: 277 - 311.