Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 29

Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847)

UNSM; ELFC; DAVC.

Collection dates: May–August.

Specimen label data: First known Iowa specimens and NEW STATE RECORD: Mills Co., Iowa, 8 July 1985, C. A. Springer ( UNSM) ; Lake of Three Fires State Park , Taylor Co., Iowa, 14 August 2003, dung, ELF ( ELFC) ; Wildcat Den State Park , Muscatine Co., Iowa, 6 June 2004, UV light, DAV ( DAVC) .

County records ( Figure 99 ): Appanoose, Dallas, Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Muscatine, Taylor, Van Buren.

Subfamily MELOLONTHINAE Leach (in Samouelle), 1819

Tribe DICHELONYCHINI Burmeister, 1855

Dichelonyx Harris, 1826

Figures

Figures 98–105. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 98) Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say, 1823). 99) Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847). 100) Dichelonyx fuscula LeConte, 1856. 101) Dichelonyx kirbyi Brown, 1946. 102) Dichelonyx linearis (Gyllenhal, 1817). 103) Dichelonyx subvittata (LeConte, 1856). 104) Diplotaxis