Polyphylla variolosa, the variegated June beetle, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It is reddish-brown and a little over two centimeters long. The club ends of the antennae are longer in the males than the females, and have seven antennomeres. Its habitat is sandy soils primarily near the Great Lakes and coastal regions from Quebec south to Virginia.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Polyphylla |
| Species: | P. variolosa
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| Polyphylla variolosa (Hentz, 1830)
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References
edit- ^ "Polyphylla variolosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Polyphylla variolosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Polyphylla variolosa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4008-5182-9.
Further reading
edit- Young, R. M. (1988). "A monograph of the genus Polyphylla Harris in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 11 (2): 1–116.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.