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Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
206
825
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
144
685
939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
43
256
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
40
227
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
44
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
44
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
39
91
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
8
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Peninsula
8 Genera with 43 Species
Ablabera Erichson, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 1828
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 0Monkey Beetles29SpeciesTaxom
Khoina Péringuey, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1790Billy witch8SpeciesTaxom
Omaloplia Schönherr, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Sparrmannia Laporte de C..., 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
43 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ablabera splendida Fabricius, 1781
Hoplia analis
Hoplia aurata Waterhouse, 1877
Hoplia bilateralis
Hoplia biloba
Hoplia binotata
Hoplia campicola
Hoplia capucina
Hoplia carbonaria
Hoplia chiragrica
Hoplia costata
Hoplia deusta
Hoplia femorata
Hoplia fulvipes
Hoplia fusca
Hoplia fuscipes
Hoplia minuta (Panzer, 1789)⇒ Hoplia parvula Krynicki, 1832
Hoplia multiguttata
Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775
Hoplia pusilla
Hoplia ruficaudis
Hoplia rufipes
Hoplia saxicola
Hoplia setosa
Hoplia sexlineata
Hoplia sexstriata
Hoplia spinipes
Hoplia sulcata
Hoplia tibialis
Hoplia trilineata
Khoina bilateralis Thunberg, 1818
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha caffra Thunberg, 1818
Melolontha fuliginosa Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha haemorrhoa Thunberg, 1818
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
Melolontha pilosella
Melolontha setigera
Melolontha virens Herbst, 1790
Schizonycha continens Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha gonaqua Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha mimocontinens Pope, 1960
Sparrmannia gorilla Gemminger & ..., 1869

Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
TribeAblaberini
Blanchard, 1850
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles
2
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePachydemini
Reitter, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSericini
Hope, 1837
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Melolonthinae at artfakta.se
Melolonthinae at dyntaxa.se
Melolonthinae at gbif.org
Melolonthinae at itis.gov