TY - JOUR A1 - Skelley, Paul E. T1 - Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) T2 - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics N2 - This paper reviews the tribe Melolonthini (Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) in the southeastern United States, primarily in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida. Four new species are described: Gronocarus inornatus, Hypothyce burnei, Polyphylla donaldsoni, and Polyphylla woodruffi. One new synonymy is made: Gronocarus multispinosus Howden is synonymized under Gronocarus autumnalis Schaeffer. Description of the previously unknown female is made for Polyphylla brownae Young. New collection records are presented for many species. Comments on natural histories and a key to species (omitting only species of the genus Phyllophaga Harris) in this region are presented. Y1 - 2003 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23901 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-239014 SN - 1942-1654 SN - 0749-6737 VL - 17 IS - 3-4 SP - 129 EP - 156 PB - Center for Systematic Entomology CY - Gainesville, Fla. ER -