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CORTES-DAVILA, Axel Teodoro; LOZANO-TREJO, Salvador; RAMIREZ-PONCE, Andrés  e  CRUZ-LOPEZ, Jesús Alberto. The pallida group of Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) in Oaxaca: new records and description of a new species. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2025, vol.96, e965641.  Epub 27-Mar-2026. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5641.

One of the species groups belonging to the genus Phyllophaga, subgenus Phytalus that has received special attention is the pallida group. Currently, this group includes 12 species, of which none of them has been reported for Oaxaca State. Based on the review of the material deposited in the Laboratorio de Entomología Agrícola of the Campo Experimental Valles Centrales de Oaxaca - INIFAP, we report the presence of this group for the first time for Oaxaca. We provide new records for Phyllophaga (Phytalus) dieteriana Deloya & Morón, 1998, and the description of Phyllophaga (Phytalus) psittacina sp. nov., based on specimens of both sexes from Santa María Tecomavaca, in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve.

Palavras-chave : Phytalus; Agave; Low deciduous forest; Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve.

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