Chrysina adolphi Chevrolat, 1859

Monzón-Sierra, José, Blackaller-Bages, Julian Federico & Hawks, David C., 2020, Description of a new species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from the Sierra Azul, Oaxaca, Mexico, a new synonymy, and notes on Chrysina species found in the Sierra Azul, Insecta Mundi 2020 (803), pp. 1-7 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4565325

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565321

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Chrysina adolphi Chevrolat, 1859
status

 

Chrysina adolphi Chevrolat, 1859

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This is a common species of Chrysina that is known from the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. It has been found in humid oak and pine-oak forests at elevations between 750 and 2300 meters above sea level. Specimens were found in the Sierra Azul in Santiago Clavellinas at elevations between 2100 and 2300 m in pine-oak forests (Ten males and 14 females) during August–September 2018 and July 2019. Adults have been observed to feed on the leaves of oak trees ( Quercus species) in Oaxaca and Guerrero (e.g., Boucard 1875).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Rutelidae

Genus

Chrysina

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