Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 271
1469
2337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 253
1436
2291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 194
1288
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 68
724
1234 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 62
624
1049 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 3
47
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 3
47
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 38
80 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 12
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melbourne
12 Genera with 29 Species | Antitrogus Burmeister, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colpochila Erichson, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comophorina Strand, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Frenchella Blackburn, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1842 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 0 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Maechidius MacLeay, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophropyx Britton, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllotocus Fischer, 1835 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopaea Erichson, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scitala Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericesthis Hope, 1890 | | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melbourne
29 Species and 1 Subspecies | Antitrogus tasmanicus Burmeister, 1855 | | | Colpochila gagatina Burmeister, 1855 | | | Comophorina testaceipennis Blanchard, 1851 | | | Frenchella iridescens Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronyx dimidiata Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx dimidiatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx granum Burmeister, 1855 | | | Heteronyx oblongus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronyx pubescens (Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Heteronyx australis Boisduval, 1835 | | Liparetrus asper MacLeay, 1886 | | | Liparetrus ferrugineus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus gracilipes Blackburn, 1888 | | | Liparetrus marginipennis Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus sylvicola (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Liparetrus iridipennis Germar, 1848 | | Liparetrus vestitus vestitus | | | Maechidius excisicollis Blackburn, 1898 | | | Ophropyx hispida Blackburn, 1898 | | | Phyllotocus australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Phyllotocus bimaculatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Phyllotocus macleayi Fischer, 1823 | | | Phyllotocus rufipennis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Rhopaea heterodactyla Germar, 1848 | | | Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911 | | | Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny pasture scarab | | Sericesthis geminata Boisduval, 1835 | Pruinose scarab | | Sericesthis micans Blackburn, 1890 | | | Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835 | Dusky pasture scarab | | Sericesthis suturalis MacLeay, 1871 | | | Sericesthis vigilans Sharp, 1890 | |
Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Melbourne
Links, sources and further information Melolonthinae at artfakta.se
Melolonthinae at dyntaxa.se
Melolonthinae at gbif.org
Melolonthinae at itis.gov
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