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.......Phyllophaga foxii Davis, 1920

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P. foxii dorsal beetle

P.foxii lateral beetle

Phyllophaga foxii.
Photos by: Maxi Polihronakis.

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P. foxii left lateral male genitalia

 P.foxii dorsal male genitalia P. foxii right lateral genitalia

Left Lateral View
Dorsal View
Right Lateral View
Phyllophaga foxii male genitalia.
Photos by: Maxi Polironakis.
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P.foxii lateral female genitalia
P.foxii ventral female genitalia
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Ventral View

Phyllophaga foxii female genitalia.
Photos by: Maxi Polihronakis.

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P.foxii US distribution

Phyllophaga foxii distribution
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Distribution: Coastal plains of the southeastern US: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Putative P. foxii specimens collected in Florida and Louisiana.

 
 
 

Remarks: Part of the P. fraterna complex; similar in form to P. forsteri, P. hirticula, P. floridana, P. fraterna, and P. paternoi.  Small (16.5-19mm), brown, glabrous. Beetles in the P. fraterna complex can be difficult to identify due to high levels of shape variation observed in the male and female genitalic structures throughout their distributions. For example, Woodruff and Beck (1989) question the validity of P. foxii due to its similarity with P. floridana, especially in characters of the female genitalia.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Biological data: Although Luginbill and Painter (1953) remarked on its commoness in the coastal plains, P. foxii is not usually collected in large numbers at any one place and is not considered a pest species.

 
 
 

Temporal distribution: Adult emergence begins in April and extends through June.  
 
 

Original Description:
Davis, J. J. 1920. New species and varieties of Phyllophaga. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey 13:329-338.

 
 
 

References:
Luginbill , P. and H.R. Painter. 1953. May beetles of the United States and Canada. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1060:1-102.

Woodruff, R.E. and B. M. Beck. 1989. The scarab beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Part II. The May or June beetles (genus Phyllophaga). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Author: Maxi Polihronakis
Work supported by NSF DEB #0608349 to MP at UConn
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