Phyllopertha Explained

Phyllopertha is a genus of shining leaf chafers in the beetle family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Phyllopertha, found primarily in the Palearctic.

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Phyllopertha:

• Phyllopertha abullosa Linnaeus, 1988
• Phyllopertha bifasciata Linnaeus, 1966
• Phyllopertha brevipilosa Linnaeus, 1988
• Phyllopertha carinicollis Ohaus, 1905
• Phyllopertha chalcoides Ohaus, 1925
• Phyllopertha diversa Waterhouse, 1875
• Phyllopertha euchroma (Fairmaire, 1891)
• Phyllopertha glabripennis Medvedev, 1949
• Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phyllopertha horticoloides Linnaeus, 1965
• Phyllopertha humeralis Fairmaire, 1887
• Phyllopertha intermixta (Arrow, 1913)
• Phyllopertha irregularis Waterhouse, 1875
• Phyllopertha latevittata Fairmaire, 1889
• Phyllopertha latitarsis Nonfried, 1891
• Phyllopertha obscuricolor Fairmaire, 1891
• Phyllopertha puncticollis Reitter, 1888
• Phyllopertha punctigera (Fairmaire, 1888)
• Phyllopertha sublimbata Fairmaire, 1900
• Phyllopertha suturata Fairmaire, 1887
• Phyllopertha suzukii Sawada, 1943
• Phyllopertha taiwana Li & Yang, 1997
• Phyllopertha virgulata Fairmaire, 1889
• Phyllopertha wassuensis Frey, 1971
• Phyllopertha yangi L.i.Kobayashi, 1995
• Phyllopertha zea Reitter, 1903

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. Ratcliffe . Brett. Jameson . Mary Liz.