Melolonthini

Tribe of beetles

Melolonthini
Phyllophaga sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Melolonthini
Leach, 1819
Subtribes
Enariina Dewailly, 1950
Heptophyllina Medvedev, 1951
Leucopholina Burmeister, 1855
Melolonthina Leach, 1819
Pegylina Lacroix, 1989
Rhizotrogina Burmeister, 1855
Schizonychina Burmeister, 1855
Polyphylla occidentalis

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

  • 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
  • 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

  1. ^ "Subfamily Melolonthinae - May Beetles and Junebugs - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Melolonthini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Melolonthini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ Jia, Zhi‐Chao; Fang, Hong; Jiang, Lu (2021). "Morphological description of the white grub Melolontha incana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini)". Microscopy Research and Technique. 84 (5).
  • 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

  • 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 ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Taxon identifiers
Melolonthini


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