Lamoana villosella
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| Genus: | Lamoana Casey, 1915
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| Species: | L. villosella
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| Lamoana villosella (Blanchard, 1851)
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Lamoana is a genus of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae, containing one described species, Lamoana villosella, which is found in the north-central part of Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca and Puebla, extending north to the state of Durango). It inhabits dry and tropical forests at altitudes between 0 and 1500 meters.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.6–9.22 mm. The colour of the clypeus, frons, pronotum and scutellum is shiny green or brown with violet sparkles. The antennal club is dark brown. The pronotum has brown reddish tones in the lateral borders. The elytra and striae are brown yellowish, with the elytral suture and epipleura dark brown.
Etymology
The species name is derived from villus (meaning hair) and refers the abundant vestiture that covers all the body.
Taxonomy
This species was described by Émile Blanchard in 1851 in the genus Phyllopertha and was transferred between the genera Anomala and Strigoderma throughout its history. Casey established it as the type species of the genus Lamoana in 1915.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “Comparative morphology of the genera with perpendicular parameres in Anomalini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) allows revalidation of the endemic Mexican genus Lamoana Casey, 1915 stat. rev.” by Madrigal K, et al. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license