Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say, 1824)

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 : 39

Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say, 1824)

Wickham 1911; King 1914; IWUC; UMRC; ELFC; DAVC.

Collection dates: June–August.

Travis (1934) reported only one specimen from Iowa indicating the species was very rare in Iowa. Recent collecting in western Iowa indicates species quite common in some areas. Collected on grass stem, sand prairie, after sunset ; common at gas station lights, Missouri River valley , southwest Iowa (sandy alluvial soils) .

Specimen label data: Mt. Pleasant , Henry Co., Iowa, 26 May 1913, light, Jaques ( IWUC) ; Muscatine Co., Iowa, 4 August 1937, B. Berger, determined Luginbill 1938 ( IWUC) ; Cedar Hills Sand Prairie , Black Hawk Co., Iowa, 18 July 1996, big blue stem culm ( Andropogon gerardii ), ELF ( ELFC) ; I–29 Truck stop, Percival , Fremont Co., Iowa, 4 July [17], 16 July [5], 2004, ELF, DAV ( ELFC, DAVC) .

County records ( Figure 141 ): Black Hawk, Fremont, Henry, Johnson, Louisa, Monona, Muscatine, Polk, Story.

Figures

Figures 138–145. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.138) Phyllophaga inversa (Horn, 1887).139) Phyllophaga knochii (Schonherr and Gyllenhal, 1817).140) Phyllophaga lanceolata (Say, 1824).141) Phyllophaga longitarsa (Say, 1824). 142) Phyllophaga marginalis (LeConte, 1856). 143) Phyllophaga micans (Knoch, 1801). 144) Phyllophaga