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]
| Melolonthini | |
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| Phyllophaga sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini Leach, 1819 |
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Selected genera edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "Subfamily Melolonthinae - May Beetles and Junebugs - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Melolonthini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Melolonthini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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.