%0 Journal Article
%T Melolonthidae nocturnos (Coleoptera) recolectados en la zona agr¨ªcola agavera de Jalisco, M¨¦xico
%A LUGO-GARC¨ªA
%A Gabriel Antonio
%A ORTEGA-ARENAS
%A Laura Delia
%A GONZ¨¢LEZ-HERN¨¢NDEZ
%A H¨¦ctor
%A ARAG¨®N-GARC¨ªA
%A Agust¨ªn
%A ROMERO-N¨¢POLES
%A Jes¨²s
%A RUBIO-CORT¨¦S
%A Ram¨®n
%A MOR¨®N
%A Miguel ¨¢ngel
%J Acta zool¨®gica mexicana
%D 2011
%I Instituto de Ecolog¨ªa A.C.
%X in order to know the nocturnal fauna of melolonthidae from the main agave tequilero fields in jalisco, mexico, monthly captures of adults were carried out from may to august 2007, using a fluorescent light black trap, funnel type, in ixtlahuac¨¢n del r¨ªo, tepatitl¨¢n de morelos and san juanito de escobedo, jalisco, mexico. a total of 57,263 specimens included in 20 species were collected. phyllophaga ravida (blanchard) (58.7%), paranomala cincta (say) (14.1%), phyllophaga misteca (bates) (11.6), p. dentex (bates) (2.5%) and paranomala hoepfneri (bates) (1.8%) were the best represented species. the highest abundance was registered in june (96%) and the lowest capture in july. the greatest species richness (17 species) was recorded in tepatitl¨¢n de morelos. a key to identify the recorded species is included.
%K phyllophaga
%K cyclocephala
%K paranomala
%K tequila agave
%K white grubs.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0065-17372011000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en