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Classification ........Homoiosternus Ohaus, 1901


Homoiosternus beckeri
Photo by M. L. Jameson
Distribution of Homoiosternus species.
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Family............. Subfamily.......
Tribe...............
Subtribe.........
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Rutelinae
Rutelini
Heterosternina
 
Rutelinae Tribes 

Anomalini
Anoplognathini
Geniatini
Rutelini
Spodochlamyiini

 

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Distribution: Mexico.

 

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. 1983. A revision of the subtribe Heterosternina (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Rutelinae). Fol. Ent. Mexicana 55:31-101.
Delgado, L. and J. Blackaller-Bages. 1997. A new Mexican species of Homoiosternus (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae; Rutelinae). J. New York Ent. Soc. 105(3-4): 170-179.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Biological Data: Found in Quercus-Pinus forests at elevations between 2000-3000 m. Recorded from sprouts of Quercus sp.

 
 

Temporal Distribution: May, July, October.

 

Larvae: Not known.

 

Composition: 2 species.

 

Species profiles:

H. beckeri Ohaus
H. canorum Delgado and Blackaller-Bages

 
 
 
 
 
 
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