Butterflies and Beetles of Argentina

Mariposas y Escarabajos de Argentina


Melolonthinae (Chafers) de Argentina

Checklist (listado aun no completo/not complete yet)

Tribe Sericini (Kirby,1837)

Astanea argentina (Moser,1921)

A.bruchi (Moser,1924)

A.cordobana (Moser,1921) also Bolivia

A.explaniceps (Saylor,1947)

A.glabroclypealis (Frey,1974) also Peru

A.leechi (Frey,1973)

A.maqueta (Saylor,1947)

A.marginicollis (Frey,1973)

A.pilosa (Moser,1921)

A.ruficollis (Moser,1926)

A.salta (Saylor,1946)

A.saylori (Frey,1973)

A.sericea (Frey,1973)

A.tucumana (Frey,1974)

Athila bollei (Martinez,1955)

A.bruchi (Moser,1924)

A.giaii (Martinez,1959)

A.parvissima (Saylor,1946)

Symella bruchi (Moser,1924)

Tribe Sericoidini (Burmeister,1855)

Sericoides acuticollis (Fairmaire,1971) also Chile

S.antarctica (Brenske) also Chile

S.argentinensis (Martinez,1971)

S.castanea (Guerin-Meneville,1839)

S.faminaei (Blanchard) also Chile

S.germaini (Dalla Torre,1912) also Chile

S.glacialis (Fabricius,1775) also Chile

S.hirsuta (Brenske,1900) also Chile

S.lloydi (Martinez,1965)

S.lucida (Curtis,1845) also Chile

S.multicolor (Martinez,1956) also Chile

S.nossi (Martinez,1972)

S.obscura (Germain,1863) also Chile

S.opacipennis (Germain,1863) also Chile

S.rechencqui (Martinez,1972)

S.sylvatica (Germain,1863) also Chile

S.testacea (Fabricius,1775) also Chile

S.viridis (Solier,1851) also Chile

Ulata argentina (Saylor,1945)

Tribe Liparetrini (Burmeister,1855)

Aplodema magellanica (Blanchard,1846) also Chile

Blepharotoma argentina (Frey,1973)

B.calvicollis (Frey,1973)

B.confusa (Martinez,1959)

B.martinezi (Frey,1973)

B.tarsalis (Blanchard,1850)

Phyllophaga conformis (Blanchard,1851)

P.fesina (Saylor,1948)

P.forcipata (Burmeister,1855) also Brazil

P.grancha (Saylor,1948)

P.monrosi (Frey,1975)

P.saltana (Frey,1975)

P.sanctipauli (Blanchard,1851) also Brazil

Homalochilus niger  (Blanchard,1851)

H.puncatostriatus (Blanchard,1851)

Liogenys  bidentula (Fairmaire,1892)

L.calcarata (Frey,1970)

L.cartwrighti (Frey,1969)

L.densata (Frey,1969)

L.densicollis (Moser,1921)

L.denticulata (Moser,1918)

L.flaveola (Moser,1924)

L.flavicollis (Frey,1964)

L.flavidus (Moser,1918)

L.forcipatus (Frey,1970)

L.forsteri (Frey,1975)

L.fusca (Blanchard,1851) also Bolivia and Brazil

L.kadleci (Frey,1970)

L.latitarsis (Moser,1918)

L.mendozana incise (Frey,1969)

L.mendozana mendozana (Moser,1918)

L.minutus (Moser,1924)

L.morio (Burmeister,1855)

L.nigrofuscus (Moser,1918)

L.obesina (Frey,1969)

L.obscura (Blanchard,1851)

L.opacicollis (Fairmaire,1892)

L.pallens (Blanchard,1851) also Uruguay

L.parva (Blanchard,1851) also Uruguay

L.rofuflava (Moser,1918)

L.rugosicollis (Frey,1969)

L.suturalis (Blanchard,1851) also Brazil

L.vicina (Frey,1969)

L.xanthocera (Harold,1869)

Pachrodema abnormis (Moser,1918)

P.cuprascens (Burmeister,1855)

P.flavoela (Moser,1918)

P.lucida (Berg,1881)

P.picea (Nonfried,1894)

P.piceola (Moser,1918)

P.pruinosa (Moser,1918)

P.substriata (Blanchard,1851)

Tribe – Pachydemini (Reitter,1902)

Acyclochilus assimilis (Ohaus,1910)

A.curvidens (Ohaus,1910)

A.ottianus (Ohaus,1909)

A.persimilis (Martinez,1959)

A.strumosus (Ohaus,1909)

Burmeisteriellus mirabilis (Schickandantz,1868)

Castanochilus bruchianus (Ohaus,1909)

Faargia gentillii (Martinez,1975)

Lichniops barberoi (Gutierrez,1946) also Bolivia,Paraguay

Lichniopsoides  breyeri (Martinez,1953)

Myloxena bruchiana (Ohaus,1909)

M.patagonica (Ohaus,1909)

M.vestita (Berg,1881)

M.vicina (Moser,1926)

Myloxenoides tandilensis (Martinez,1975)

Neogutierrezia araucana (Martinez,1973)

N.miriabilis affinis (Martinez,1973)

N.miriiabili miriabilis (Martinez)

Pentacoryna bruchi (Moser,1926)

Pseudoliogenys flavidus (Moser,1919)

Tribe Macrodactylini (Burmeister,1855)

Alvarinus submetallicus (Blanchard,1850)

Ancistrosoma  argentinum (Moser,1921)

Astaenoplia miserabilis (Martinez,1957)

Ceraspis pereirae (Frey,1962)

Demodema aulai (Bruch,1909)
D.bonairensis (Bruch,1909)
D.comata (Blanchard,1850) also Paraguay

D.distincta (Bruch,1909)

Dicrania argentina (Moser,1919)

Dicrania flavoscutellata (Laporte,1832) also Brazil and Paraguay

D.unicolor unicolor (Kraatz,1895) also Paraguay

Gama pallida (Blanchard,1850)

G.squamiventris (Steinheil,1874)

Isonychus argentinus (Moser,1919)

I.denudatus (Blanchard,1850) also Columbia,Uruguay

I.saltanus (Frey,1969)

Macrodactylus aeneicollis (Moser,1918)

M.aeneipes (Moser,1918)

M.argentinus (Moser,1918)

M.griseus (Moser,1918)

Plectris aeneorufa (Moser,1918) also Brazil

P.argentina (Bruch,1909)

P.blanchardi (Frey,1967)

P.bonariensis (Frey,1967)

P.bruchi (Moser,1924)

P.centralis (Bruch,1909)

P.comata (Blanchard,1851) also Paraguay

P.cordobana (Moser,1924)

P.corrientensis (Moser,1919) also Brazil and Paraguay

P.cuyana (Bruch,1909)

P.decipines (Blanchard,1855) also Brazil and Paraguay

P.griseohirta (Frey,1967)

P.griseovestita (Moser,1921)

P.intermixta (Frey,1967)

P.lignicolor (Blanchard,1850) also Bolivia

P.ohausiella (Frey,1967)

P.ornaticeps (Frey,1967)

P.paraguayensis (Moser,1924) also Paraguay

P.paranensis (Moser,1921)

P.piottii (Bruch,1909)

P.tristis (Frey,1967)

P.tucumana (Bruch,1909)

P.wittmeri (Frey,1967)

P.dilaticornis (Moser,1924)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related links:

An electronic checklist of the New World chafers (PDF) - Arthur V. Evans and Andrew B. T. Smith