Pyronota festiva

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Pyronota
Species:

Pyronota festiva (Fabricius, 1775)

• Melolontha festiva Fabricius, 1775
• Melolontha laeta Fabricius, 1775
  • Pyronota festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
• Pyronota purpurata Broun, 1893

[synonymy after Brown (1963 unpublished thesis)]

• Broun, T. 1893: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Parts V, VI, VII. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library

• Brown, J.G. 1965: The third instar larvae of four species of Pyronota Bois. (Xylonychini, Melolonthinae, Col.) New Zealand journal of science, 8: 45–53. BUGZ
• Brown, J.G. 1966: Oviposition and egg incubation in three species of small green chafer (Pyronota Bois.) New Zealand journal of science, 9: 261–280. BUGZ
• Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
• Given, B.B. 1960: The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3: 363–381. BUGZ
• Hoy, J.M.; Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part II: the final instar larvae. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 138–172. BUGZ
• Lowrey, S.; Fraser, C.; Leader, J.; Hodgkinson, I. 2010(2011?): Colour and polarization signatures of Southland chafer beetles. Weta, 40: 23–27.
• Radford, W.P.K. 1981. The Fabrician types of the Australian and New Zealand Coleoptera in the Banks Collection at the British Museum (Natural History). Records of the South Australian Museum 18(8): 155–198. BHL Reference page. 
• White, A. 1846: Insects of New Zealand. Pp. 1-27, plates 1-7 in: Richardson, J.; Gray, J.E. (eds) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Vol. II. Reptiles, fishes, Crustacea, insects, Mollusca. London: E.W. Janson. Internet Archive BHL
• White, A.; Doubleday, E. 1843: List of the annulose animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand, with the descriptions of some new species. Pp. 265-291 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2 . John Murray, London, England. Internet Archive BHL

• Brown, J.G. 1963: Biology and taxonomy of the genus Pyronota Bois. (Melolonthinae, Coleoptera). UNPUBLISHED M.AGR.SC. THESIS, LINCOLN COLLEGE, CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.

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