Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Tablelands (Far North Queensland, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
1690
2359 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
1688
2359 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 292
1616
2249 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 197
1342
1889 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 52
422
689 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 48
345
564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
73
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 7
73
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 55
187 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 12
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Tablelands (Queensland)
12 Genera with 23 Species | Allothnonius Britton, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colpochila Erichson, 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dermolepida Arrow, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronyx Guérin-Ménev..., 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homolotropus MacLeay, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidiota Kirby, 1913 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Metatrogus Britton, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudholophylla | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopaea Erichson, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scitala Erichson, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericesthis Hope, 1987 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Systellopus Sharp, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tablelands (Queensland)
23 Species | Allothnonius barretti Britton, 1978 | | | Colpochila comma Britton, 1986 | | | Colpochila secreta Britton, 1986 | | | Dermolepida albohirtum Waterhouse, 1875 | Grey-back cane beetle | | Heteronyx froggatti MacLeay, 1888 | | | Homolotropus taylori Britton, 1970 | | | Lepidiota caudata Blackburn, 1890 | Caudata canegrub | | Lepidiota consobrina Girault, 1918 | Consobrina cane grub | | Lepidiota frenchi Blackburn, 1912 | French's Canegrub | | Lepidiota gibbifrons Britton, 1978 | | | Lepidiota grata Blackburn, 1890 | | | Lepidiota laevis Arrow, 1932 | Paspalum white grub | | Lepidiota rothei Blackburn, 1888 | Brown eucalypt beetle | | Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913 | Canegrub | | Metatrogus praeceps Britton, 1978 | | | Pseudholophylla cavifrons Lea, 1919 | | | Rhopaea magnicornis Blackburn, 1888 | Brown Cockchafer | | Scitala howdeni Britton, 1987 | | | Sericesthis anepsia Britton, 1987 | | | Sericesthis geminata Boisduval, 1835 | Pruinose scarab | | Sericesthis metincisa Britton, 1987 | | | Sericesthis vera Britton, 1987 | | | Systellopus obtusus Sharp, 1877 | |
Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Tablelands (Queensland)
Links, sources and further information Melolonthinae at artfakta.se
Melolonthinae at dyntaxa.se
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