Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Sydney (Sydney Basin, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 356
2286
3787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 355
2285
3786 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 338
2233
3712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 238
1923
3334 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 66
844
1612 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 60
732
1380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 4
82
183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 4
82
183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 70
156 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 22
57 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Sydney
22 Genera with 57 Species #ACDFHLMOPRST
| Antitrogus Burmeister, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automolius Britton, 1906 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cheiragra MacLeay, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheirodontus Britton, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colobostoma Blanchard, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colpochila Erichson, 1850 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Comophorina Strand, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diphucephala Lepeletier &..., 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Frenchella Blackburn, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterochelus Burmeister, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1890 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hypolepida Britton, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidiota Kirby, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 1850 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Maechidius MacLeay, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ophropyx Britton, 1898 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Opsitocus | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllotocus Fischer, 1871 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopaea Erichson, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scitala Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericesthis Hope, 1890 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telura Erichson, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sydney
57 Species and 1 Subspecies | Antitrogus morbillosus Blackburn, 1898 | Tableland pasture grub | | Automolius humilis Blanchard, 1850 | | | Automolius poverus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Automolius rotundus Blackburn, 1906 | | | Cheiragra pusilla Blanchard, 1850 | | | Cheirodontus bilobus Lea, 1920 | | | Colobostoma punctulaticeps Blackburn, 1908 | | | Colpochila maura Britton, 1986 | | | Colpochila obesa Boisduval, 1835 | | | Colpochila punctulata Blanchard, 1850 | | | Comophorina testaceipennis Blanchard, 1851 | | | Diphucephala angusticeps MacLeay, 1886 | | | Diphucephala aurulenta Kirby, 1818 | | | Diphucephala rugosa (Boisduval, 1835) | ⇒ Diphucephala rugosula Von Dalle Torre, 1912 | | Frenchella hirticollis Blackburn, 1898 | | | Heterochelus gonager (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Heterochelus melanopygus Arrow, 1917 | | Heteronyx aphodioides Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronyx australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Heteronyx crinitus Blackburn, 1910 | | | Heteronyx dimidiatus Erichson, 1842 | | | Heteronyx elongatus (Blanchard, 1850) | ⇒ Heteronyx terrena Blackburn, 1892 | | Heteronyx metropolitanus Blackburn, 1909 | | | Heteronyx ovatus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Heteronyx posticalis Blackburn, 1890 | | | Hypolepida wilsoni Britton, 1978 | | | Lepidiota consobrina Girault, 1918 | Consobrina cane grub | | Lepidiota grisea Britton, 1959 | Canegrub | | Liparetrus asper MacLeay, 1886 | | | Liparetrus concolor (Erichson, 1842) | ⇒ Automolius humilis Blanchard, 1850 | | Liparetrus convexus Boisduval, 1835 | | | Liparetrus discipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1831 | | | Liparetrus ferrugineus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus glaber (MacLeay, 1871) | ⇒ Liparetrus striatus Blanchard, 1850 | | Liparetrus melallus Britton, 1959 | | | Liparetrus sylvicola (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Liparetrus iridipennis Germar, 1848 | | Liparetrus vestitus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Liparetrus vestitus vestitus | | | Liparetrus xanthotrichus Blanchard, 1850 | | | Maechidius hopianus Westwood, 1842 | | | Maechidius tibialis Blackburn, 1892 | | | Ophropyx approximans Blackburn, 1898 | | | Ophropyx hispida Blackburn, 1898 | | | Opsitocus obscurus Lea, 1920 | | | Phyllotocus australis Boisduval, 1835 | | | Phyllotocus macleayi Fischer, 1823 | | | Phyllotocus marginipennis MacLeay, 1864 | | | Phyllotocus moestus Boisduval, 1835 | | | Phyllotocus navicularis Blanchard, 1850 | | | Phyllotocus ruficollis MacLeay, 1864 | | | Phyllotocus scutellaris MacLeay, 1864 | | | Phyllotocus variicollis MacLeay, 1871 | | | Rhopaea assimilis Blackburn, 1911 | | | Rhopaea verreauxi Blanchard, 1851 | Cocksfoot Grub | | Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny pasture scarab | | Sericesthis geminata Boisduval, 1835 | Pruinose scarab | | Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835 | Dusky pasture scarab | | Sericesthis vigilans Sharp, 1890 | | | Telura vitticollis Erichson, 1842 | |
Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Sydney | Tribe | Automoliini
Britton, 1978
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Comophorini
Britton, 1957
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Diphucephalini
Laporte, 1840
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Heteronychini
Lacordaire, 1856
| 1
8 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Hopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Liparetrini
Burmeister, 1855
| 4
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Maechidini
Burmeister, 1855
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Melolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
| 4
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Scitalini
Britton, 1957
| 4
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Sericini
Hope, 1837
| 3
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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