Checklist of Family Melolonthidae Leach, 1817 (Chafers)
for Japan (East Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 695
12061
41020 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 692
12052
41005 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 663
11902
40651 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 434
9806
35137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 130
3703
14161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 119
3330
11798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 12
301
1126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 12
301
1126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melolonthidae
Leach, 1817
Chafers, June beetles, May beetles | 3
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Japan
3 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Japan
12 Species and 2 Subspecies | Nigrotrichia amamiana Nomura, 1964 | | | 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 tokara Nakane, 1956 | | | Pedinotrichia parallela Motschulsky, 1854 | | | Pedinotrichia picea Waterhouse, 1875 | | | Rufotrichia aritai Nomura, 1964 | |
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