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Checklist for Family Melolonthidae Leach, 1817 (Chafers)
and region East Asia (Far East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1146
26296
148959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1142
26273
148905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1054
25859
147577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
627
19594
119086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
179
7304
50129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
147
6442
41727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
18
706
6144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
18
706
6144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles
6
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Asia
6 Genera with 37 Species
Carlschoenherria1SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotrichia1SpeciesTaxom
Nigrotrichia14SpeciesTaxom
Pedinotrichia10SpeciesTaxom
Rufotrichia8SpeciesTaxom
Thoracoplia6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Asia
37 Species and 6 Subspecies
Carlschoenherria brenskei Nonfried, 1906
Cephalotrichia sichotana
Nigrotrichia amamiana Nomura, 1964
Nigrotrichia anthracina Brenske, 1892
Nigrotrichia convexopyga Moser, 1912
Nigrotrichia danjoensis Miyake & Ima..., 1982
Nigrotrichia ernesti Reitter, 1902
Nigrotrichia gebleri Faldermann, 1835
Nigrotrichia kiotonensis Brenske, 1894
Nigrotrichia loochooana loochooana
Nigrotrichia loochooana okinawana Nomura, 1964
Nigrotrichia miyakoana Matsumoto, 2022
Nigrotrichia sauteri lutaoensis Kobayashi, 1990
Nigrotrichia sauteri sauteri
Nigrotrichia tokara Nakane, 1956
Nigrotrichia truncata Zhang, 1965
Pedinotrichia kwatungensis Zhang, 1965
Pedinotrichia laevigata Zhang, 1965
Pedinotrichia omeia inexpectata Kobayashi, 1995
Pedinotrichia omeia omeia
Pedinotrichia parallela Motschulsky, 1854
Pedinotrichia picea Waterhouse, 1875
Pedinotrichia pilifrons Moser, 1921
Pedinotrichia shibatai Nomura, 1977
Pedinotrichia ungulata Zhang, 1965
Pedinotrichia yunnana Moser, 1912
Rufotrichia aritai Nomura, 1964
Rufotrichia herwangshana Kobayashi, 1990
Rufotrichia mizusawai Kobayashi, 1986
Rufotrichia pubifemorata Kobayashi, 1995
Rufotrichia rufescens Moser, 1912
Rufotrichia rufina Moser, 1912
Rufotrichia simillima Moser, 1912
Rufotrichia yui Kobayashi, 1995
Thoracoplia abdominalis Kobayashi, 2021
Thoracoplia kuatunensis TesaÅ™, 1963
Thoracoplia pictipes Fairmaire, 1889
Thoracoplia sichuanensis Kobayashi, 2018
Thoracoplia trichofemorata Kobayashi, 2018
Thoracoplia xuorum Kobayashi, 2018


Links, sources and further information
Melolonthidae at gbif.org
Melolonthidae at irmng.org