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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
109
450
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
40
189
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
37
169
279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
34
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
34
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
29
77
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
4
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
4 Genera with 38 Species
Ablabera Erichson, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 0Monkey Beetles28SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1790Billy witch8SpeciesTaxom
Sparrmannia Laporte de C..., 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
38 Species
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 pusilla
Hoplia ruficaudis
Hoplia rufipes
Hoplia saxicola
Hoplia setosa
Hoplia sexlineata
Hoplia sexstriata
Hoplia spinipes
Hoplia sulcata
Hoplia tibialis
Hoplia trilineata
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
Sparrmannia gorilla Gemminger & ..., 1869

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

Taxom

TribeHopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles
1
28
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePachydemini
Reitter, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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