Chironinae is a subfamily of beetles belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Chironinae are primitive looking scarab beetles that occur in Africa, Asia (predominantly India) and Madagascar.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
| Chironinae | |
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| Chironinae, Botswana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironinae Blanchard, 1845 |
Genera and species edit
The following genera and species are included in Chironinae:[11]
- Genus Amphiceratodon Huchet, 2000
- Amphiceratodon argonautes Huchet, 2002 - Africa
- Amphiceratodon arrowi Huchet, 2002 - Africa
- Amphiceratodon capensis (Hope, 1845) - Africa
- Amphiceratodon karooensis Huchet, 2002
- Genus Chiron MacLeay, 1819
- Chiron aberlenci Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron assamensis Hope, 1845 - India
- Chiron bartolozzii Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
- Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798) - Palaearctic, Indomalaya
- Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020 - Africa
- Chiron hovanus Fairmaire, 1901 - Madagascar
- Chiron kelleri Fairmaire, 1893 - Somalia
- Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron massaicus Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron oddurensis Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
- Chiron senegalensis Hope, 1845 - Senegal
- Chiron stuempkei Huchet, 2019 - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda
- Chiron volvulus Klug, 1855 - Mozambique
- Genus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
- Subgenus Amaecylius Huchet, 2000 - Africa, Madagascar
- Theotimius angolensis Huchet, 2004 - Angola
- Theotimius gravis (Péringuey, 1901) - Lesotho
- Theotimius laevicollis (Arrow, 1936) - Kenya
- Theotimius macleayi Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
- Theotimius mahafalensis (Paulian, 1976) - Madagascar
- Theotimius patrizii (Boucomont, 1923) - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Theotimius pauliani Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
- Theotimius rhodesianus (Arrow, 1936) - Zambia, Mozambique
- Subgenus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
- Theotimius grandis (Gory, 1838) - Africa
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Chironinae.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2000). – Scission du genre Chiron Mac Leay, 1819 et description de deux nouveaux genres de Chironidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 36(1): 3–28.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2002). – Révision du genre Amphiceratodon Huchet 2000 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Chironidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 107(1): 61-78.
- ^ Huchet J.-B., Lumaret J.-P. (2002). – The larva of Chiron senegalensis Hope & Westwood, 1845 and comments on relationships with other Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera : Chironidae). European Journal of Entomology 99(3): 363-372.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2003). – Insectes Coléoptères Chironidae. Faune de Madagascar 90: 91 p. http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/faunemad/fm90.html Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2004). – Révision du genre Theotimius Huchet, 2000 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Chironidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 40(1): 3-21.
- ^ Smith, Andrew B. T. "Book Review: Insecta Coleoptera Chironidae (Huchet, J.B. 2003)" (2003) Papers in Entomology, 119.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2019a). – Quatre nouvelles espèces du genre Chiron MacLeay, 1819 de la région afrotropicale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(11) : 157-178.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2019b). – Un nouveau Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(13) : 185-192.
- ^ Huchet J.-B. (2019c). – Trois nouveaux Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique orientale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(16) : 213-224.
- ^ Huchet J.-B., (2020). – Chiron elegans, nouvelle espèce d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Faunitaxys 8(9) : 1-3.
- ^ "Chironinae Blanchard, 1845". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-25.