Polyphylla hammondi LeConte, 1856

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 41-42

Polyphylla hammondi LeConte, 1856

Wickham 1911; Young 1972; ISIC: IWUC; UNIC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: June–July.

Collected at light at dusk from prairie habitat; also at lights of rest areas and gas stations.

Prefers bunchgrass prairie ( Vestal 1913). Specimen label data: Monona Co., Iowa, 30 June 1932, Russell ( IWUC) ; Cedar Hills Sand Prairie State Preserve, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, 3 July 2003, 14 July 2006, at dusk at light, both males, ELF ( ELFC) ; Hayden Prairie State Preserve , Howard Co., Iowa, 4 July 2003, light, male, ELF ( ELFC) .

County records ( Figure 152 ): Black Hawk, Cedar, Crawford, Fremont, Howard, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Mills, Monona, Muscatine, Pottawattamie, Warren, Woodbury.

Tribe SERICINI Kirby, 1837

Maladera Mulsant and Rey, 1871

Figures

Figures 146–153. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.146) Phyllophaga quercus (Knoch, 1801).147) Phyllophaga rugosa (Melsheimer, 1846). 148) Phyllophaga spreta (Horn, 1887). 149) Phyllophaga tristis (Fabricius, 1781). 150) Phyllophaga vehemens (Horn, 1887). 151) Phyllophaga vilifrons (LeConte, 1856). 152) Polyphylla hammondi