Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Phyllophaga dentex.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Bates ni adtong 1887.^[2] Ang Phyllophaga dentex sakop sa kahenera nga Phyllophaga, ug kabanay nga Melolonthidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Habagatang Amerika
  • Mehiko
• Amihanang Amerika
  • Tinípong Bángsà

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54731285. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Bates H.W. (1887) Biologia Central Americana, Zoologia, Insecta, Coleoptera, Pectinicornia, Lamellicornia (1887-1889) , Godman F.D. & Salvin O. (Editors) 2(2):1-432
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.