Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850)

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 : 33

Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850)

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1911; Travis 1934; Worthington and Larsen 2010; ISIC; IWUC; UMRC; ELFC; PKLC.

Collection dates: April–June.

Collected at light and sifted from sandbar sand.

Travis (1934) reported 397 specimens from Iowa indicating the species was uncommon to infrequent in Iowa.

County records ( Figure 116 ): Allamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Dickinson, Fremont, Henry, Lee, Osceola, Sioux, Story, Van Buren, Wapello.

Figures

Figures 114–121. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 114) Macrodactylus subspinosus (Fabricius, 1775). 115) Phyllophaga affabilis (Horn, 1887). 116) Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte, 1850). 117) Phyllophaga balia (Say, 1825). 118) Phyllophaga barda (Horn, 1887).119) Phyllophaga bipartita (Horn, 1887).120) Phyllophaga congrua (LeConte,