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GENERIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THYCE, PLECTRODES, DINACOMA, AND HYPOTRICHIA, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES FROM EASTERN TEXAS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: MELOLONTHINI)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Henry F. Howden
Henry F. Howden*
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Hypothyce mixta, a new genus and species from eastern Texas is described and compared with the related genera Thyce LeConte, Plectrodes Horn, Dinacoma Casey, and Hypotrichia LeConte. A key to the genera of Melolonthini of America north of Mexico is included and the genus Hypotrichia is transferred from the Liparetrini to the Melolonthini.

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Research Article
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 5 , May 1968 , pp. 542 - 548
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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