Melolonthini
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| Melolonthini | |
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| File:Phyllophaga P1380631a.jpg | |
| Phyllophaga sp. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini Leach, 1819 |
| Subtribes | |
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Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide.[2][3][4]
Selected genera
[edit | edit source]- Amblonoxia Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles)
- Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (European chafers)
- Anoxia Laporte, 1832
- Brahmina Blanchard, 1850
- Dinacoma Casey, 1889
- Fossocarus Howden, 1961
- Gronocarus Howden, 1968
- Holotrichia Hope, 1837
- Hypotrichia LeConte, 1861
- Lasiopsis Erichson, 1847
- Lepidiota Kirby, 1828
- Leucopholis Dejean, 1833
- Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855
- Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers)
- Miridiba Reitter, 1901
- Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (May beetles)
- Plectrodes Horn, 1867
- Polyphylla Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles)
- Rhizotrogus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
- Thyce LeConte, 1856
References
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- Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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