IRMNG - Phyllophaga Harris, 1827

IRMNG taxon details

Phyllophaga Harris, 1827

IRMNG_ID

1299707 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1299707)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Abcrana Saylor, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Clemora Saylor, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cnemarachis Saylor, 1942 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

Endrosa Leconte, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eugastra Leconte, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gynis Gemminger & Harold, 1869 · unaccepted

Gynnis Leconte, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phyllophaga Harris, 1826 · alternative representation (incorrect date)

Phyllophaga Harris, 1842 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Later usage)

Phyllophaga Harris, 1841 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Later usage)

Phytalus Erichson, 1847 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

Tostegoptera Blanchard, 1851 · unaccepted (Treated as valid subgenus)

Trichestes Blanchard, 1851 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Trichestes Erichson, 1847 · alternative representation (nonexistent name: incorrect authorship)

Trichesthes Erichson, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trichesthes Blanchard, 1851 · unaccepted > unavailable name (Later usage)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Harris, T.W. (1827). Minutes towards a history from some American species of melolonthæ particularly injurious to vegetation. Massachusetts Agricultural Journal. 10: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24794713
page(s): 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Phyllophaga Harris, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1299707 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-03-26 22:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-04-06 21:33:16Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (19)
Links (6)

original description Harris, T.W. (1827). Minutes towards a history from some American species of melolonthæ particularly injurious to vegetation. Massachusetts Agricultural Journal. 10: 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24794713
page(s): 6 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

extant flag source as per synonymized taxon [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Phyllophaga Harris, 1841) Harris, T.W. (1841). A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Cambridge: Folsom, Wells and Thurston. 459 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27609
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Phyllophaga Harris, 1842) Treat. Ins. N. England
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Endrosa Leconte, 1856) Leconte, J. L. (1856). Synopsis of the Melolonthidæ of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2. 3: 225-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848210
page(s): 234 [details]

original description (of Abcrana Saylor, 1942) Saylor, L.W. (1942). Notes on beetles related to Phyllophaga Harris, with descriptions of new genera and subgenera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92(3145): 157-165, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.92-3145.157
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Eugastra Leconte, 1855) Leconte, J. L. (1855). Some corrections in the Nomenclature of Coleoptera found in the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7(6): 216-220 [1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299441
page(s): 218 [details]

original description (of Gynis Gemminger & Harold, 1869) Harold, E. (1868). Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematcus. Vol. 4. Scarabaeidae. Gummi, Monachii, Germany. pp. 979–1346., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37342
page(s): 1171 [details]

original description (of Trichestes Blanchard, 1851) Milne-Edwards, H., Blanchard, É & Lucas, H. (1850-1851). Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coléoptères I. Gide et Baudry, Paris. iv+240 pp. [pp. iv+1-128: 1850; pp. 129-240: 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37320
page(s): 141 [details]

original description (of Gynnis Leconte, 1856) Leconte, J. L. (1856). Synopsis of the Melolonthidæ of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2. 3: 225-288., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848210
page(s): 262 [details]

original description (of Cnemarachis Saylor, 1942) Saylor, L.W. (1942). Notes on beetles related to Phyllophaga Harris, with descriptions of new genera and subgenera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92(3145): 157-165, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.92-3145.157
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Tostegoptera Blanchard, 1851) Milne-Edwards, H., Blanchard, É & Lucas, H. (1850-1851). Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coléoptères I. Gide et Baudry, Paris. iv+240 pp. [pp. iv+1-128: 1850; pp. 129-240: 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37320
page(s): 149 [details]

original description (of Clemora Saylor, 1942) Saylor, L.W. (1942). Notes on beetles related to Phyllophaga Harris, with descriptions of new genera and subgenera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92(3145): 157-165, 1 pl., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.92-3145.157
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Trichesthes Erichson, 1847) Erichson, W.F. (1845-1848). Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Dritter Band. Nicolai, Berlin. vi + 968pp. [1-320: 1845; 321-480: 1846; 481-800: 1847; 801-968 + vi: 1848]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35217
page(s): 658 [details]

original description (of Trichesthes Blanchard, 1851) Milne-Edwards, H., Blanchard, É & Lucas, H. (1850-1851). Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coléoptères I. Gide et Baudry, Paris. iv+240 pp. [pp. iv+1-128: 1850; pp. 129-240: 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37320
page(s): 141 [details]

original description (of Phytalus Erichson, 1847) Erichson, W.F. (1845-1848). Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Dritter Band. Nicolai, Berlin. vi + 968pp. [1-320: 1845; 321-480: 1846; 481-800: 1847; 801-968 + vi: 1848]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35217
page(s): 658 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Cnemarachis Saylor, 1942)
To BioNames database (from synonym Abcrana Saylor, 1942)
To BioNames database (from synonym Clemora Saylor, 1942)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Cnemarachis Saylor, 1942)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Clemora Saylor, 1942)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Abcrana Saylor, 1942)