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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
448
4515
8744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
446
4509
8734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
423
4424
8599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
283
3810
7730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
68
1118
1950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
61
953
1590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
6
236
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
6
236
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
223
611
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
61
214
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Cape
61 Genera with 214 Species
#ACDEGHKLMNOPRST
Ablabera Erichson, 17815SpeciesTaxom
Ablaberoides Blanchard, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Achloa Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Aegostheta Dejean, 19047SpeciesTaxom
Anisonyx Latreille, 19026SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Asthenopholis Brenske, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Atysilla Strand, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Autoserica Brenske, 1904Garden beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Camenta Erichson, 03SpeciesTaxom
Ceraspis Serville, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Coega1SpeciesTaxom
Congella Péringuey, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Cylichnus Burmeister, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Diaplochelus Burmeister, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 19026SpeciesTaxom
Dicranocnemus Burmeister, 184410SpeciesTaxom
Eriesthis Dejean, 18448SpeciesTaxom
Eucamenta Péringuey, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Genyoschiza Moser, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Gouna Péringuey, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Gryphonycha Péringuey, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoloma Burmeister, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Hemicamenta2SpeciesTaxom
Heterochelus Burmeister, 184432SpeciesTaxom
Hoplebaea1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 1775Monkey Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplocnemis8SpeciesTaxom
Hybocamenta Brenske, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Hyboserica Péringuey, 20194SpeciesTaxom
Khoina Péringuey, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Kraseophylla Péringuey, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Kubousa Péringuey, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Lepisia Lepeletier &..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Lepithrix Nietner, 17783SpeciesTaxom
Lepitrichula Schein, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Lepitrix Lepeletier &..., 1828
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptocnemis Selys, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Macrophylla Hope, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Microplidus Péringuey, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Microserica Brenske, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Monochelus Berthold, 03SpeciesTaxom
Neoserica Brenske, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Omaloplia Schönherr, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom
Omocrates E. Mulsant &..., 18447SpeciesTaxom
Pachycnema Lepeletier &..., 17896SpeciesTaxom
Paracamenta Péringuey, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pegylis Erichson, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Peritrichia Burmeister, 012SpeciesTaxom
Platychelus Burmeister, 18448SpeciesTaxom
Pleophylla Erichson, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Pseustophylla Péringuey, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Psilonychus Burmeister, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Rectoscutaria Schein, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdopholis Burmeister, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Scelophysa Burmeister, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 190421SpeciesTaxom
Sebaris Laporte, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Sparrmannia Laporte de C..., 18553SpeciesTaxom
Trichiodera Burmeister, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Trochalus Laporte, 19683SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
214 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ablabera amoena Péringuey, 1904
Ablabera capicola Péringuey, 1904
Ablabera delicatula Péringuey, 1908
Ablabera hirticollis Péringuey, 1904
Ablabera splendida Fabricius, 1781
Ablaberoides emeritus Péringuey, 1904
Ablaberoides fuliginosus Thunberg, 1818
Achloa helvola Erichson, 1840
Aegostheta brachiata Péringuey, 1904
Aegostheta capicola Péringuey, 1904
Aegostheta ciliata Herbst, 1790
Aegostheta longicornis Fabricius, 1787
Aegostheta maritima Burmeister, 1855
Aegostheta pubens Péringuey, 1904
Aegostheta vestita Péringuey, 1904
Anisonyx brincki rudebecki Schein, 1959
Anisonyx ditus Péringuey, 1902
Anisonyx elizabethae Péringuey, 1902
Anisonyx nigerrimus Schein, 1959
Anisonyx pauperatus Péringuey, 1902
Anisonyx proletarius Péringuey, 1902
Asthenopholis minor Brenske, 1898
Asthenopholis subfasciata Blanchard, 1851
Atysilla corrosa Burmeister, 1855
Atysilla humilis Péringuey, 1904
Autoserica australis Péringuey, 1904
Camenta caffrina Péringuey, 1904
Camenta capicola Péringuey, 1904
Camenta laetula
Ceraspis decora Gory, 1829
Coega illota Péringuey, 1902
Congella pamperata
Congella tessellatula Péringuey, 1902
Cylichnus vanus Péringuey, 1902
Diaplochelus longipes Fabricius, 1787
Dichelus griseus Péringuey, 1908
Dichelus holosericeus Burmeister, 1844
Dichelus minutus Burmeister, 1844
Dichelus praestabilis Péringuey, 1902
Dichelus pseudoluctuosus Schein, 1958
Dichelus puerilis Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus arduus Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus burchelli Arrow, 1917
Dicranocnemus hypocrita Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus mendicus Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus natalensis Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus pulcher Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus pulverulentus Burmeister, 1844
Dicranocnemus spiniceps Péringuey, 1902
Dicranocnemus squamosus Burmeister, 1844
Dicranocnemus squamulatus Burmeister, 1844
Eriesthis decora Péringuey, 1902
Eriesthis fallax Burmeister, 1844
Eriesthis guttata Burmeister, 1844
Eriesthis hypocrita Péringuey, 1902
Eriesthis semihirta Burmeister, 1844
Eriesthis stigmatica Billberg, 1817
Eriesthis vestita Burmeister, 1844
Eriesthis vulpina Burmeister, 1844
Eucamenta castanea Boheman, 1857
Gouna aliena Péringuey, 1902
Gryphonycha puberula Fahraeus, 1857
Gymnoloma atomaria Fabricius, 1781
Gymnoloma femorata Burmeister, 1844
Gymnoloma suturalis Burmeister, 1844
Gymnoloma tibialis Péringuey, 1902
Hemicamenta caffrina Péringuey, 1904
Hemicamenta tumida Péringuey, 1904
Heterochelus armatus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus armipes Boheman, 1857
Heterochelus arthriticus Fabricius, 1781
Heterochelus braunsi Kulzer, 1960
Heterochelus carus Kulzer, 1960
Heterochelus citrinus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus coccineus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus consanguineus Péringuey, 1902
Heterochelus cristaticeps Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus defector Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus forsteri Kulzer, 1960
Heterochelus guillarmodi Schein, 1959
Heterochelus hayeki Kulzer, 1960
Heterochelus ictericus Péringuey, 1902
Heterochelus karrooanus Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus molestus Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus multidentatus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus ochraceus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus oreopygus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus pachyglutus Wiedemann, 1823
Heterochelus persimilis Péringuey, 1902
Heterochelus podagricus Fabricius, 1781
Heterochelus pygidialis Péringuey, 1902
Heterochelus senilis Péringuey, 1902
Heterochelus shilouvanus Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus simulator Péringuey, 1908
Heterochelus sobrinus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus subvittatus Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus sulphureus Boheman, 1857
Heterochelus vansoni Kulzer, 1960
Heterochelus vulpecula Burmeister, 1844
Heterochelus vulpinus Burmeister, 1844
Hoplebaea tessellatula Péringuey, 1902
Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775
Hoplocnemis auriventris Burmeister, 1844
Hoplocnemis fuliginosa Burmeister, 1844
Hoplocnemis hylax Fabricius, 1775
Hoplocnemis karrooana Péringuey, 1902
Hoplocnemis karroona
Hoplocnemis karroonana
Hoplocnemis lightfooti Péringuey, 1908
Hoplocnemis mutica Burmeister, 1844
Hybocamenta coriacea Péringuey, 1904
Hybocamenta nigrita Blanchard, 1850
Hyboserica alexandriana Fabrizi, Ebe..., 2019
Hyboserica davisorum Fabrizi, Ebe..., 2019
Hyboserica sergeji Fabrizi, Ebe..., 2019
Hyboserica sipeki Fabrizi, Ebe..., 2019
Khoina bilateralis Thunberg, 1818
Khoina haafi Schein, 1959
Khoina plumipes Péringuey, 1902
Kraseophylla distincta Péringuey, 1904
Lepisia rupicola Fabricius, 1775
Lepithrix hilaris Péringuey, 1902
Lepithrix longitarsis Schein, 1959
Lepithrix stigma DeGeer, 1778
Lepitrichula setosa Burmeister, 1844
Leptocnemis strigosa Burmeister, 1844
Macrophylla capicola Péringuey, 1904
Macrophylla ciliata Herbst, 1790White grub
Macrophylla pubens Péringuey, 1904
Macrophylla vestita Péringuey, 1904
Microplidus luctuosus Boheman, 1857
Microplidus vulgus Péringuey, 1902
Microserica pleophylla Burmeister, 1855
Monochelus calcaratus Burmeister, 1844
Monochelus inops Péringuey, 1902
Monochelus rothi
Neoserica carneola Péringuey, 1892
Neoserica transvaalensis Péringuey, 1904
Omocrates axillaris Burmeister, 1844
Omocrates lobipes Burmeister, 1844
Omocrates modestus Péringuey, 1902
Omocrates plausibilis Péringuey, 1902
Omocrates pygidiale
Omocrates pygidialis Schein, 1958
Omocrates variabilis Burmeister, 1844
Pachycnema albosquamosa Dombrow, 1998
Pachycnema calcarata Burmeister, 1844
Pachycnema marginella Fabricius, 1791
Pachycnema pudibunda Burmeister, 1844
Pachycnema pulverulenta Burmeister, 1844
Pachycnema tibialis Olivier, 1789
Paracamenta bohemani Brenske, 1897
Pegylis pondoensis Arrow, 1943
Pegylis sommeri Burmeister, 1855
Pegylis vittata Fahraeus, 1857
Peritrichia abdominalis Burmeister, 1844
Peritrichia andreaei willowmorensis Schein, 1959
Peritrichia braunsi Schein, 1959
Peritrichia capicola Fabricius, 1781
Peritrichia dimidiata (Burmeister, 1844)⇒ Peritrichia peringueyi Von Dalle Torre, 1912
Peritrichia hirtipes Péringuey, 1885
Peritrichia hybrida Péringuey, 1902
Peritrichia nigrovillosa Péringuey, 1902
Peritrichia proboscidea Fabricius, 1775
Peritrichia pygidialis Péringuey, 1902
Peritrichia spuria Péringuey, 1902
Peritrichia spuria spuria
Platychelus discolor Burmeister, 1844
Platychelus dispar Burmeister, 1844
Platychelus fallax Schein, 1959
Platychelus litigosus Burmeister, 1844
Platychelus lupinus Burmeister, 1844
Platychelus lutosus Schein, 1959
Platychelus semivirgatus Burmeister, 1844
Platychelus virgatus Burmeister, 1844
Pleophylla fasciatipennis Blanchard, 1851
Pleophylla murzini Ahrens, Beck..., 2017
Pleophylla transkeiensis Ahrens, Beck..., 2017
Pseustophylla pretoria
Pseustophylla pretoriana Péringuey, 1904
Psilonychus perturbator Péringuey, 1904
Rectoscutaria peringueyi Schein, 1958
Rhabdopholis costipennis Boheman, 1857
Scelophysa militaris Gyllenhall, 1817
Scelophysa pruinosa Burmeister, 1844
Scelophysa schoenherri Dombrow, 1999
Schizonycha abrupta Pope, 1960
Schizonycha affinis (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Schizonycha bohemani Pope, 1960
Schizonycha barda Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha comosa (Burmeister, 1855)⇒ Schizonycha laticia Pope, 1960
Schizonycha consueta Kolbe, 1895
Schizonycha debilis (Burmeister, 1855)⇒ Schizonycha lebidis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha effeta Péringuey, 1908
Schizonycha fatidica Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha fimbriata Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha immixta Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha inostralis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha laticia Pope, 1960
Schizonycha lebidis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha natalensis Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha neglecta Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha ovatula Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha pseudosquamifera Pope, 1960
Schizonycha puerilis Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha rufina Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha rugosa Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha scabiosa Péringuey, 1904
Sebaris palpalis Laporte, 1840
Sparrmannia alopex Fabricius, 1787
Sparrmannia flava Arrow, 1917
Sparrmannia flavofasciata Burmeister, 1855
Trichiodera bicarinita Gyllenhall, 1817
Trochalus aeruginosa Burmeister, 1855
Trochalus bohemani Gerstaecker, 1867
Trochalus pondoensis Frey, 1968

Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Eastern Cape
TribeAblaberini
Blanchard, 1850
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles
12
65
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMacrodactylini
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
7
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePachydemini
Reitter, 1902
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSericini
Hope, 1837
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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