Dynamopodinae is a very small subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles, with only seven species in a two genera.[1][2][3]

Dynamopodinae
Orubesa athleta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynamopodinae
Arrow, 1911
Synonyms

Dynamopus Semenov, 1895

Genera and Species edit

These genera and species belong to the subfamily Dynamopodinae:[2]

Genus Adraria Villiers, 1956
Adraria monodi Villiers, 1956 - Mauretania
Genus Orubesa Reitter, 1895
Orubesa ata (Semenov & Medvedev, 1929) - Iran
Orubesa athleta (Semenov, 1895) - Russia, India, Central Asia
Orubesa gladiator (Balthasar, 1968) - Afghanistan
Orubesa luctator (Semenov & Medvedev, 1929) - Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India
Orubesa perforata Reitter, 1895 - Afghanistan, Iran
Orubesa plicifrons (Fairmaire, 1897) - Africa, Saudi Arabia

References edit

  1. ^ *Google Books John L. Capinera Encyclopedia of Entomology — 2nd Edition. 3279 pp.
  2. ^ a b "Dynamopodinae Arrow, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

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