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Taxonomy of Tribe Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
4240
75466
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
997
21101
Genera
Species
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
225
7393
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819
SubtribeEnariina
Dewailly, 1950
0
0
Genera
Species
SubtribeHeptophyllina
Medvedev, 1951
0
0
Genera
Species
SubtribeLeucopholina
Burmeister, 1855
2
8
Genera
Species
SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
4
919
Genera
Species
SubtribePegylina
LaCroix, 1989
0
0
Genera
Species
SubtribeRhizotrogina
Burmeister, 1855
14
1120
Genera
Species
SubtribeSchizonychina
Burmeister, 1855
0
0
Genera
Species
GenusAchranoxia
Kraatz, 1888
11Species
GenusAdoretops
Kraatz, 1883
2Species
GenusAethiartrogus
Decelle, 1982
1Species
GenusAfrolepis
Decelle, 1968
7Species
GenusAllothnonius
Britton, 1978
3Species
GenusAmblonoxia
Reitter, 1902
Dusty June Beetles
7Species
GenusAmphimallina
Reitter, 1905
3Species
GenusAnartioschiza
Kolbe, 1894
22Species
GenusAnisopholis
Moser, 1913
3Species
GenusAnomalochela
Moser, 1913
  ⇒ Lachnosterna (Lachnosterna)
3Species
GenusAnoxia
Laporte, 1832
120Species
GenusAnoxoides
Petrovitz, 1971
1Species
GenusAntitrogus
Burmeister, 1855
26Species
GenusAplidia
Hope, 1837
57Species
GenusApogonia
Melichar, 1926
  ⇒ Apogonalia
609Species
GenusAposchiza
Brenske, 1903
2Species
GenusArticephala
Moser, 1920
5Species
GenusAsactopholis
Brenske, 1894
25Species
GenusAsaphomorpha
Brancsik, 1892
18Species
GenusAsophrops
Petrovitz, 1961
5Species
GenusAulacoschiza
Decelle, 1973
3Species
GenusBeriqua
Péringuey, 1904
1Species
GenusBrachylepis
Kolbe, 1894
5Species
GenusBrachyllus
Brenske, 1896
32Species
GenusBrachypholis
Brenske, 1898
4Species
GenusBrahmina
Blanchard, 1851
173Species
GenusByrsalepis
Brenske, 1898
3Species
GenusCephaloschiza
Moser, 1920
2Species
GenusChaetocosmetes
Moser, 1917
11Species
GenusCheronia
Croissandaeu, 1896
1Species
GenusChiloschiza
Moser, 1924
1Species
GenusChilotrogus
Reitter, 1905
23Species
GenusClypeasta
Fairmaire, 1904
11Species
GenusCnemoschiza
Decelle, 1979
1Species
GenusCochliotis
Kolbe, 1894
3Species
GenusCochliotodes
Burgeon, 1946
1Species
GenusCoelogenia
Moser, 1913
2Species
GenusConiopholis
Erichson, 1847
14Species
GenusConiotrogus
Brenske, 1902
1Species
GenusCrepischiza
Brenske, 1903
6Species
GenusCryphaeobius
Kraatz, 1882
1Species
GenusCryptotrogus
Kraatz, 1888
32Species
GenusCyphochilus
Waterhouse, 1867
82Species
GenusCyphonotus
Bell, 1862
  ⇒ Homocyrtus
17Species
GenusCyphonoxia
Reitter, 1889
14Species
GenusDasylepida
Moser, 1913
11Species
GenusDermolepida
Arrow, 1941
13Species
GenusDiacucephalus
Dewailly, 1950
2Species
GenusDicheloscema
Moser, 1924
1Species
GenusDinacoma
Casey, 1889
3Species
GenusEmpecta
Erichson, 1847
61Species
GenusEmpectida
Moser, 1914
6Species
GenusEmpectoides
Dewailly, 1950
4Species
GenusEmpycastes
Gerstaecker, 1871
1Species
GenusEnaria
Erichson, 1847
65Species
GenusEncya
Blanchard, 1845
88Species
GenusEnergetia
Dalle Torre, 1912
1Species
GenusEnthora
Erichson, 1847
11Species
GenusEntyopsis
Kolbe, 1894
1Species
GenusEntypophana
Moser, 1913
6Species
GenusEremotrogus
Kolbe, 1914
1Species
GenusEugastra
LeConte, 1854
  ⇒ Phyllophaga
1Species
GenusEulepidopsis
Burgeon, 1946
1Species
GenusEupegylis
Duvivier, 1892
1Species
GenusEuranoxia
Semenov-tian-shanskii, 1890
1Species
GenusEutrichesis
Waterhouse, 1882
4Species
GenusExolontha
Reitter, 1902
26Species
GenusExopholis
Motschoulsky, 1860
11Species
GenusFossocarus
Howden, 1961
1Species
GenusGenyoschiza
Moser, 1917
2Species
GenusGlobulischiza
Frey, 1974
1Species
GenusGlyptoglossa
Brenske, 1895
7Species
GenusGnaphalostetha
Reiche, 1856
4Species
GenusGrananoxia
Brenske, 1890
1Species
GenusGronocarus
Schaeffer, 1927
5Species
GenusGymnogaster
J.W.Cribb, 1956
  ⇒ Eugymnogaster
5Species
GenusGymnoschiza
Moser, 1914
6Species
GenusHecistopsilus
Kolbe, 1894
3Species
GenusHeptelia
Brenske, 1898
2Species
GenusHeptophylla
Motschoulsky, 1858
16Species
GenusHeptophyllla
Motschulsky, 1857
1Species
GenusHeteroschiza
Moser, 1917
1Species
GenusHexataenius
Fairmaire, 1891
4Species
GenusHilyotrogus
Fairmaire, 1886
38Species
GenusHolisonycha
Péringuey, 1904
1Species
GenusHolocnemus
Simon, 1873
4Species
GenusHolomelia
Brenske, 1891
5Species
GenusHolopycnia
Brenske, 1896
2Species
GenusHolorhopaea
Britton, 1978
1Species
GenusHolotrichia
Hope, 1837
  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga)
441Species
GenusHomoeoschiza
Kolbe, 1894
6Species
GenusHoplochelus
Blanchard, 1851
16Species
GenusHoplocnemus
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Acicnemis
0Species
GenusHoplolontha
Fairmaire, 1904
2Species
GenusHoplosternodes
Burgeon, 1946
1Species
GenusHoplosternus
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
22Species
GenusHypochrus
Fairmaire, 1891
1Species
GenusHypolepida
Britton, 1978
2Species
GenusHypopholis
Erichson, 1847
7Species
GenusHypothyce
Howden, 1968
4Species
GenusHypotrichia
LeConte, 1862
Hypotrichs
1Species
GenusIdiapogonia
Arrow, 1916
1Species
GenusIdionycha
Arrow, 1932
2Species
GenusJalalabadia
Balthasar, 1967
1Species
GenusLachnodera
Erichson, 1847
1Species
GenusLachnosterna
Hope, 1837
  ⇒ Phyllophaga
360Species
GenusLachnota
Reitter, 1889
3Species
GenusLasiexis
Semenov-tian-shanskii & Medvedev, 1936
15Species
GenusLasiotropus
Reitter, 1913
1Species
GenusLatipalpus
Moser, 1921
9Species
GenusLecantotrogus
Kolbe, 1894
1Species
GenusLepidiota
Kirby, 1828
205Species
GenusLepidomela
Kolbe, 1894
3Species
GenusLepidotrogus
Kolbe, 1894
6Species
GenusLepischiza
Moser, 1914
2Species
GenusLeptolepis
Ley, 1917
1Species
GenusLeucopholis
Blanchard, 1845
75Species
GenusLeucophorus
Brenske, 1894
1Species
GenusMagniscarabaeus
Hong, 1988
2Species
GenusMalaisius
Arrow, 1941
9Species
GenusMascarena
Arrow, 1919
1Species
GenusMegacoryne
Britton, 1987
1Species
GenusMeganoxia
Reitter, 1902
3Species
GenusMegarhopaea
Britton, 1978
1Species
GenusMegistophylla
Burmeister, 1855
17Species
GenusMelolonthoides
Dewailly, 1950
2Species
GenusMetatrogus
Britton, 1978
5Species
GenusMicrolontha
Petrovitz, 1967
2Species
GenusMicrophylla
Kraatz, 1890
6Species
GenusMicrorhopaea
Lea, 1920
1Species
GenusMicrotrichia
Brenske, 1900
  ⇒ Sophrops (Sophrops)
37Species
GenusMiltotrogus
Reitter, 1902
20Species
GenusMiolachnosterna
Wickham, 1914
1Species
GenusMiridiba
Reitter, 1902
  ⇒ Holotrichia (Pledina)
79Species
GenusNanorhopaea
Britton, 1978
2Species
GenusNematophylla
Arrow, 1906
3Species
GenusOchranoxia
Kraatz, 1888
8Species
GenusOctoplasia
Brenske, 1892
7Species
GenusOligophylla
Kraatz, 1894
2Species
GenusOreotrogus
Kolbe, 1897
2Species
GenusOthnonius
Olliff, 1890
2Species
GenusPachrodema
Blanchard, 1851
10Species
GenusPanotrogus
Reitter, 1902
27Species
GenusPararhopaea
Blackburn, 1911
5Species
GenusPectinichelus
Ballion, 1871
26Species
GenusPegylidius
Péringuey, 1904
  ⇒ Pegylis
1Species
GenusPegylis
Erichson, 1847
42Species
GenusPentaphylla
Dewailly, 1950
2Species
GenusPentelia
Kiriakoff, 1976
  ⇒ Sergiusia
13Species
GenusPhiara
Brenske, 1897
2Species
GenusPhilacelota
Heller, 1900
5Species
GenusPholidochris
Kolbe, 1894
12Species
GenusPhyllophaga
Harris, 1827
  ⇒ Holotrichia (Holotrichia)
June beetles, June bugs, May Beetle, May beetles
1128Species
GenusPlectrodes
Horn, 1867
3Species
GenusPollaplonyx
Waterhouse, 1875
17Species
GenusPolyenaria
Dewailly, 1950
1Species
GenusPolylamina
Hardy, 1974
  ⇒ Polyphylla (Polyphylla)
1Species
GenusPolyphyllum
Blanchard, 1851
1Species
GenusProagosternus
Blanchard, 1851
11Species
GenusProseconius
Kolbe, 1894
1Species
GenusProteroschiza
Brenske, 1897
1Species
GenusPseudenaria
Fairmaire, 1901
9Species
GenusPseudholophylla
6Species
GenusPseudoapterogyna
Martinez de la Escalera, 1914
31Species
GenusPseudodiplotaxis
Nonfried, 1894
1Species
GenusPseudoholophylla
Blackburn, 1911
4Species
GenusPseudolontha
Fairmaire, 1897
2Species
GenusPseudopantrogus
Petrovitz, 1969
0Species
GenusPseudopholis
Duvivier, 1892
3Species
GenusPseudosymmachia
Dalle Torre, 1912
36Species
GenusPsilopholis
Brenske, 1892
4Species
GenusRamilia
Kolbe, 1894
3Species
GenusRedotus
Fairmaire, 1860
1Species
GenusRhabdopholis
Burmeister, 1855
6Species
GenusRhadinolontha
Arrow, 1930
1Species
GenusRhizoproctus
Kolbe, 1894
4Species
GenusRhopaea
Erichson, 1847
32Species
GenusRhyxicephalus
Moser, 1921
1Species
GenusRhyxiderma
Moser, 1924
1Species
GenusRubilepis
Dewially, 1950
3Species
GenusSchismatocera
des Cottes, 1872
1Species
GenusSchistocometa
Brenske, 1902
  ⇒ Brahmina (Brahminula)
1Species
GenusSchizonycha
Dejean, 1833
419Species
GenusSebakue
Péringuey, 1904
1Species
GenusSemienaria
Dewailly, 1950
2Species
GenusShangaia
Lucas, 1920
1Species
GenusSophrops
Fairmaire, 1887
150Species
GenusSpaniolepis
Kolbe, 1894
7Species
GenusSpathoschiza
Arrow, 1902
1Species
GenusStenopegylis
Arrow, 1943
1Species
GenusStephanopholis
Brenske, 1896
7Species
GenusSuntemnonycha
Péringuey, 1904
1Species
GenusSyngeneschiza
Brenske, 1898
3Species
GenusTerebrogaster
LaCroix, 1988
2Species
GenusThyce
LeConte, 1856
34Species
GenusToxospathius
Deyrolle & Fairmaire, 1878
3Species
GenusTrematodes
Falderman, 1835
6Species
GenusTricholepis
Hampson, 1891
  ⇒ Trichocerosia
23Species
GenusTrichoschiza
Moser, 1917
2Species
GenusTrigonocnemus
Kraatz, 1894
1Species
GenusTrinoxia
Brenske, 1894
1Species
GenusUnguiculenaris
Dewailly, 1950
1Species
GenusVadonaria
Dewailly, 1950
7Species
GenusXenotrogus
Britton, 1978
6Species
GenusZietzia
Blackburn, 1894
1Species

Synonyms
Rhizotrogini (Burmeister, 1855)


Distribution and Species lists of Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819
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Afghanistan
14 Genera  36 Species
Albania
9 Genera  23 Species
Algeria
16 Genera  91 Species
Andorra
2 Genera  2 Species
Angola
8 Genera  24 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
1 Genus  1 Species
Argentina
3 Genera  43 Species
Armenia
11 Genera  29 Species
Australia
29 Genera  199 Species
Austria
11 Genera  30 Species
Azerbaijan
8 Genera  21 Species
Bahamas
2 Genera  5 Species
Bangladesh
11 Genera  24 Species
Barbados
1 Genus  1 Species
Belarus
4 Genera  9 Species
Belgium
7 Genera  20 Species
Belize
1 Genus  12 Species
Benin
2 Genera  2 Species
Bhutan
11 Genera  21 Species
Bolivia
1 Genus  11 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 Genera  20 Species
Botswana
3 Genera  6 Species
Brazil
4 Genera  44 Species
Brunei
3 Genera  3 Species
Bulgaria
8 Genera  31 Species
Burkina Faso
2 Genera  2 Species
Burundi
3 Genera  3 Species
Cambodia
10 Genera  17 Species
Cameroon
11 Genera  40 Species
Canada
7 Genera  42 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  8 Species
Central African Republic
5 Genera  11 Species
Chad
3 Genera  4 Species
Chile
4 Genera  15 Species
China
37 Genera  408 Species
Colombia
6 Genera  56 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  1 Species
Costa Rica
3 Genera  69 Species
Croatia
11 Genera  33 Species
Cuba
2 Genera  95 Species
Cyprus
5 Genera  12 Species
Czech Republic
10 Genera  28 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20 Genera  106 Species
Denmark
5 Genera  11 Species
Djibouti
1 Genus  2 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  3 Species
Dominican Republic
1 Genus  47 Species
Ecuador
1 Genus  14 Species
Egypt
2 Genera  2 Species
El Salvador
1 Genus  19 Species
Equatorial Guinea
3 Genera  8 Species
Eritrea
2 Genera  4 Species
Estonia
4 Genera  5 Species
Ethiopia
9 Genera  46 Species
Fiji
1 Genus  2 Species
Finland
4 Genera  7 Species
France
19 Genera  57 Species
Gabon
10 Genera  22 Species
Gambia
2 Genera  6 Species
Georgia
7 Genera  40 Species
Germany
10 Genera  30 Species
Ghana
8 Genera  11 Species
Greece
13 Genera  83 Species
Guatemala
7 Genera  79 Species
Guinea
5 Genera  9 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
2 Genera  7 Species
Haiti
1 Genus  19 Species
Honduras
3 Genera  34 Species
Hungary
10 Genera  28 Species
Iceland
3 Genera  4 Species
India
31 Genera  299 Species
Indonesia
37 Genera  370 Species
Iran
19 Genera  71 Species
Iraq
8 Genera  11 Species
Ireland
3 Genera  5 Species
Israel
9 Genera  19 Species
Italy
14 Genera  100 Species
Ivory Coast
9 Genera  19 Species
Jamaica
2 Genera  9 Species
Japan
20 Genera  67 Species
Jordan
4 Genera  7 Species
Kazakhstan
16 Genera  54 Species
Kenya
11 Genera  41 Species
Kiribati
1 Genus  0 Species
Kosovo
2 Genera  7 Species
Kyrgyzstan
10 Genera  20 Species
Laos
16 Genera  98 Species
Latvia
3 Genera  4 Species
Lebanon
8 Genera  22 Species
Lesotho
2 Genera  2 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  22 Species
Libya
4 Genera  5 Species
Liechtenstein
2 Genera  2 Species
Lithuania
3 Genera  4 Species
Luxembourg
3 Genera  6 Species
Madagascar
31 Genera  190 Species
Malawi
6 Genera  12 Species
Malaysia
24 Genera  155 Species
Mali
2 Genera  2 Species
Malta
5 Genera  6 Species
Mauritania
2 Genera  3 Species
Mauritius
4 Genera  5 Species
Mexico
7 Genera  441 Species
Micronesia
3 Genera  5 Species
Moldova
4 Genera  7 Species
Mongolia
11 Genera  26 Species
Montenegro
8 Genera  17 Species
Morocco
9 Genera  70 Species
Mozambique
8 Genera  31 Species
Myanmar
18 Genera  96 Species
Namibia
4 Genera  34 Species
Nepal
18 Genera  58 Species
Netherlands
7 Genera  21 Species
New Zealand
1 Genus  1 Species
Nicaragua
2 Genera  45 Species
Nigeria
4 Genera  9 Species
Niue
2 Genera  4 Species
North Korea
3 Genera  4 Species
Norway
4 Genera  9 Species
Oman
2 Genera  4 Species
Pakistan
17 Genera  50 Species
Palau
1 Genus  3 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
2 Genera  37 Species
Papua New Guinea
6 Genera  48 Species
Paraguay
1 Genus  5 Species
Peru
3 Genera  11 Species
Philippines
17 Genera  107 Species
Poland
7 Genera  16 Species
Portugal
9 Genera  45 Species
Republic of the Congo
12 Genera  19 Species
Republic South Africa
18 Genera  153 Species
Romania
10 Genera  25 Species
Russia
27 Genera  91 Species
Rwanda
4 Genera  8 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2 Genera  3 Species
Saint Lucia
2 Genera  7 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Genus  2 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Genus  3 Species
Saudi Arabia
4 Genera  8 Species
Senegal
5 Genera  15 Species
Serbia
7 Genera  23 Species
Sierra Leone
3 Genera  9 Species
Singapore
6 Genera  10 Species
Slovakia
7 Genera  25 Species
Slovenia
8 Genera  21 Species
Solomon Islands
4 Genera  12 Species
Somalia
9 Genera  17 Species
South Korea
17 Genera  34 Species
Spain
12 Genera  85 Species
Sri Lanka
11 Genera  56 Species
Sudan
3 Genera  7 Species
Suriname
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
7 Genera  21 Species
Switzerland
10 Genera  27 Species
Syria
8 Genera  36 Species
Taiwan
22 Genera  117 Species
Tajikistan
11 Genera  24 Species
Tanzania
30 Genera  135 Species
Thailand
19 Genera  140 Species
Togo
6 Genera  14 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  10 Species
Tunisia
8 Genera  29 Species
Turkey
12 Genera  100 Species
Turkmenistan
16 Genera  43 Species
Uganda
7 Genera  14 Species
Ukraine
12 Genera  29 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Genus  2 Species
United Kingdom
15 Genera  57 Species
Uruguay
1 Genus  1 Species
USA
25 Genera  415 Species
Uzbekistan
12 Genera  44 Species
Venezuela
1 Genus  16 Species
Vietnam
20 Genera  185 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  4 Species
Zambia
7 Genera  11 Species
Zimbabwe
7 Genera  54 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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