G. it. Ent., 7 (38): 181-185
December 31, 1994
El género Phyllophaga en Costa Rica, I.
Primero registros de los subgéneros
Chirodines Bates y Listrochelus Blanchard
(Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Melolonthinae)
por
MIGUEL-ANGEL MORÓN y ANGEL SOLÍS
Abstract - The genus Phyllophaga in Costa Rica, I. First records for the subgenera Chirodines Bates and Listrochelus Blanchard (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Melolonthinae) - Phyllophaga (Chirodines) nahui n. sp. is described from four male specimens collected in the deciduous tropical forest of the Guanacaste District, Costa Rica. Drawings of the male genitalia of the new species and an up-to-date key to the four known species of Chirodines are given. Phyllophaga (Listrochelus) niquirana Morón is recorded form Costa Rica for the first time. These represent the extreme meridional records for both subgenera.
