Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 388
4495
12408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 385
4491
12404 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 368
4385
12052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 234
3464
10323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 55
803
1784 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 51
684
1481 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
171
407 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 7
171
407 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 157
368 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 16
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nigeria
16 Genera with 26 Species | Anartioschiza Kolbe, 1913 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Apogonia Melichar, 1891 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aulacoserica Brenske, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Autoserica Brenske, 1974 | Garden beetle | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtotrochalus Brenske, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Empecamenta Brenske, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulepida Kolbe, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphoresia büttneri Bre..., 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplia Illiger, 1775 | Monkey Beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hybocamenta Brenske, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maladera Mulsant, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pegylis Erichson, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotrochalus Quedenfeldt, 1883 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Schizonycha Dejean, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Triodontella Reitter, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trochalus Laporte, 1960 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nigeria
26 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anartioschiza calabarica Moser, 1913 | | | Anartioschiza garambensis Decelle, 1975 | | | Anartioschiza medleri Decelle, 1975 | | | Anartioschiza persquamosa Burgeon, 1946 | | | Anartioschiza setosella Moser, 1913 | | | Apogonia nitidula Thomson, 1858 | | | Apogonia virescens Duvivier, 1891 | | | Aulacoserica brenskei Frey, 1968 | | | Autoserica opaca Moser, 1924 | | | Autoserica politzari Frey, 1974 | | | Cyrtotrochalus opacus Brenske, 1902 | | | Empecamenta calabarica Moser, 1921 | | | Eulepida savagei Hope, 1842 | | | Euphoresia candezei Brenske, 1900 | | | Euphoresia warriensis Brenske, 1901 | | | Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775 | | | Hybocamenta brevicornis Moser, 1914 | | | Maladera opaca Frey, 1975 | | | Pegylis uelensis Burgeon, 1946 | | | Pseudotrochalus calabaricus Moser, 1917 | | | Pseudotrochalus concolor Kolbe, 1883 | | | Schizonycha crenata Gyllenhal, 1817 | | | Triodontella robusta Arrow, 1925 | | | Trochalus gibbus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Trochalus globulus Moser, 1918 | | | Trochalus nigerianus Frey, 1960 | |
Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Nigeria
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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