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Checklist of Tribe Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819
for Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
937
21291
104803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
933
21259
104731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
882
20999
104014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
536
16084
86183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
148
5971
36968
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
131
5318
31643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
11
566
4286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
11
566
4286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
471
3649
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
166
1670
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
29
201
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
29 Genera with 201 Species
#
A
C
D
H
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
X
Z

Allothnonius Britton, 20224SpeciesTaxom
Anoxia Laporte, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Antitrogus Burmeister, 199326SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 19419SpeciesTaxom
Asthenopholis Brenske, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dermolepida Arrow, 187910SpeciesTaxom
Holorhopaea Britton, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Hoplochelus Blanchard, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypolepida Britton, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrichia LeConte, 1862Hypotrichs1SpeciesTaxom
Lepidiota Kirby, 1978100SpeciesTaxom
Megacoryne Britton, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Megarhopaea Britton, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Metatrogus Britton, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Microrhopaea Lea, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Nanorhopaea Britton, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Othnonius Olliff, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Pararhopaea Blackburn, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1887June beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1823Lined June Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudholophylla7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoholophylla Blackburn, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Rhizotrogus Lepeletier &..., 19711SpeciesTaxom
Rhopaea Erichson, 185112SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Xenotrogus Britton, 18797SpeciesTaxom
Zietzia Blackburn, 18942SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
201 Species
Allothnonius barretti Britton, 1978
Allothnonius brooksi Britton, 1978
Allothnonius mouldsi Allsopp & Smith, 2022
Anoxia (Mesanoxia) australis Gyllenhal, 1817
Antitrogus adamsi Britton, 1978
Antitrogus adustus Britton, 1978
Antitrogus batesii Olliff, 1890Blacksoil Scarab
Antitrogus brooksi Britton, 1978
Antitrogus burmeisteri Blackburn, 1911
Antitrogus carnei Britton, 1978
Antitrogus ciliatus Britton, 1978
Antitrogus circulifrons Britton, 1978
Antitrogus consanguineus Blackburn, 1911Southern one-year cane grub
Antitrogus costai Allsopp, 1993
Antitrogus gubbi Allsopp, 2003
Antitrogus morbillosus Blackburn, 1898Tableland pasture grub
Antitrogus mussoni Blackburn, 1892Cane grub
Antitrogus nox Britton, 1978
Antitrogus parilis Britton, 1978
Antitrogus parvulus Britton, 1978Childers cane grub
Antitrogus planiceps Blackburn, 1911
Antitrogus politus Lea, 1920
Antitrogus robertsi Britton, 1978
Antitrogus rugulosus Blackburn, 1911Nambour canegrub
Antitrogus setifer Britton, 1978
Antitrogus setifrons Britton, 1980
Antitrogus tasmanicus Burmeister, 1855
Antitrogus tumidifrons Britton, 1978
Antitrogus villosus Allsopp, 1993
Apogonia alkmaarensis Heller, 1914
Apogonia arta Karsch, 1882
Apogonia centralis Arrow, 1941
Apogonia destructor Bos, 1890Javan sugarcane beetle
Apogonia lanata Frey, 1964
Apogonia papua Lansberge, 1880
Apogonia vossi Frey, 1964
Apogonia waigeana Arrow, 1941
Asthenopholis crypsis Harrison, 2009
Cyphochilus marginalis Fairmaire, 1902
Dermolepida albohirtum Waterhouse, 1875Grey-back cane beetle
Dermolepida annulitarse Heller, 1914
Dermolepida cyclops Britton, 1957
Dermolepida lixi Nonfried, 1894
Dermolepida meeki Britton, 1957
Dermolepida nigrum Nonfried, 1894
Dermolepida noxium Britton, 1957
Dermolepida papuanum Brenske, 1895
Dermolepida uniforme Fairmaire, 1879
Holorhopaea sagata Britton, 1978
Holotrichia chondropyga Arrow, 1938
Holotrichia excavaticollis Itoh, 2003California trapdoor spider
Hoplochelus piliger Blanchard, 1850
Hypolepida braes Allsopp, 2020
Hypolepida wilsoni Britton, 1978
Lepidiota aenigma Britton, 1978
Lepidiota alticalceus Allsopp, 1989
Lepidiota amitina Britton, 1978
Lepidiota argentea Britton, 1978
Lepidiota arnhemensis Britton, 1978
Lepidiota aspera Britton, 1978
Lepidiota astrolabensis Heller, 1914
Lepidiota bakkeri Allsopp, 1999
Lepidiota bidentata Allsopp, 1989
Lepidiota bonguana Brenske, 1895
Lepidiota brittoni Allsopp & Wa..., 1995
Lepidiota brunnea Moser, 1913
Lepidiota cabala Britton, 1978
Lepidiota caudata Blackburn, 1890Caudata canegrub
Lepidiota centralis Britton, 1978
Lepidiota ciliata Britton, 1978
Lepidiota clareae Allsopp, 1999
Lepidiota clypealis Moser, 1913
Lepidiota comes Britton, 1978
Lepidiota condita Britton, 1978
Lepidiota consobrina Girault, 1918Consobrina cane grub
Lepidiota contigua Britton, 1978
Lepidiota corporaali Moser, 1924
Lepidiota crinita Brenske, 1900Bundaberg canegrub
Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota delicatula Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota draconis Britton, 1978
Lepidiota elongata Heller, 1914
Lepidiota flavipennis Lea, 1926
Lepidiota frenchi Blackburn, 1912French's Canegrub
Lepidiota froggatti MacLeay, 1887Froggatt´s canegrub
Lepidiota gibbifrons Britton, 1978
Lepidiota gilesi Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota grata Blackburn, 1890
Lepidiota grisea Britton, 1959Canegrub
Lepidiota helleri Moser, 1913
Lepidiota heurni Moser, 1924
Lepidiota hilli Britton, 1978
Lepidiota horni Moser, 1924
Lepidiota hylaea Britton, 1978
Lepidiota impressifrons Moser, 1913
Lepidiota ingrata Heller, 1914
Lepidiota laciniata Britton, 1978
Lepidiota laevis Arrow, 1932Paspalum white grub
Lepidiota lepidosterna Lea, 1926
Lepidiota lewisae Britton, 1978
Lepidiota macrolepida Moser, 1913
Lepidiota maculata Brenske, 1900
Lepidiota microlepida Moser, 1913
Lepidiota milneana Moser, 1913
Lepidiota minuta Moser, 1913
Lepidiota mungomeryi (Britton, 1963)⇒ Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, 1912Canegrub
Lepidiota nigricollis Kirsch, 1877
Lepidiota nigrofusca Moser, 1913
Lepidiota noxia Britton, 1985Canegrub
Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900
Lepidiota oryx Britton, 1959
Lepidiota papua Heller, 1914
Lepidiota pentaphylla Moser, 1913
Lepidiota perkinsi Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota picticollis Lea, 1916Cane grub
Lepidiota podicalis Moser, 1913
Lepidiota pruinosula Heller, 1921
Lepidiota quinaria Britton, 1978
Lepidiota quinqueflabellata Moser, 1926
Lepidiota quinquelineata MacLeay, 1884
Lepidiota reuleauxi Brenske, 1892
Lepidiota rhizotrogoides Heller, 1914
Lepidiota robusta Moser, 1926
Lepidiota ronensis Moser, 1913
Lepidiota rothei Blackburn, 1888Brown eucalypt beetle
Lepidiota rubrior Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota rufa Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota rugifrons Moser, 1913
Lepidiota salax Britton, 1978
Lepidiota salomona Moser, 1913
Lepidiota scutata Moser, 1913
Lepidiota scutellata MacLeay, 1884
Lepidiota semonis Brenske, 1900
Lepidiota serraticollis Moser, 1913
Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913Canegrub
Lepidiota sparsa Britton, 1978
Lepidiota squalida MacLeay, 1886
Lepidiota squamulata Waterhouse, 1875Canegrub
Lepidiota squamuligera Kirsch, 1877
Lepidiota sticta Britton, 1978
Lepidiota stimulans Heller, 1914
Lepidiota stradbrokensis Lea, 1919
Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota trichosternus
Lepidiota trihomines Allsopp, 1990
Lepidiota ultima Britton, 1978
Lepidiota uptoni Britton, 1978
Lepidiota valida Heller, 1914
Lepidiota verna Britton, 1978
Lepidiota weiri Britton, 1978
Lepidiota wilsoni (Britton, 1958)⇒ Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913
Lepidiota yorkensis Britton, 1978
Megacoryne carnabyorum Britton, 1987
Megarhopaea gigas Lea, 1916
Metatrogus castaneus Britton, 1978
Metatrogus lukei Allsopp, 1999
Metatrogus praeceps Britton, 1978
Metatrogus septuosus Britton, 1978
Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea, 1920
Nanorhopaea testacaea Britton, 1978
Nanorhopaea testacea Britton, 1978
Othnonius batesi Olliff, 1890
Othnonius batesii Olliff, 1890Blacksoil scarab
Pararhopaea callabonnensis Blackburn, 1894
Pararhopaea gigas (Lea, 1916)⇒ Megarhopaea gigas Lea, 1916
Pararhopaea minor Britton, 1978
Pararhopaea moffatensis Allsopp, 1990
Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea, 1916
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) anxia LeConte, 1850Cranberry White Grub
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) crinita Burmeister, 1855Highfin blenny
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) hirtiventris Horn, 1887
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) decemlineata Say, 1823Ten-lined June Beetle
Pseudholophylla castaneipennis MacLeay, 1888
Pseudholophylla cavifrons Lea, 1919
Pseudholophylla furfuracea Burmeister, 1855
Pseudholophylla hurai Hutchinson &..., 2021
Pseudholophylla lepidoptera Blackburn, 1912
Pseudholophylla soror Britton, 1978
Pseudoholophylla castaneipennis MacLeay, 1888
Pseudoholophylla cavifrons Lea, 1919
Rhizotrogus tingis (Baraud, 1971)⇒ Rhizotrogus carduorum Erichson, 1841
Rhopaea assimilis Blackburn, 1911
Rhopaea australis Blackburn, 1888
Rhopaea decipiens Lea, 1919
Rhopaea heterodactyla Germar, 1848
Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackburn, 1898
Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911
Rhopaea magnicornis Blackburn, 1888Brown Cockchafer
Rhopaea nigricollis Lea, 1919
Rhopaea pilosa Blackburn, 1911
Rhopaea verreauxi Blanchard, 1851Cocksfoot Grub
Rhopaea verreauxii Blanchard, 1851Cocksfoot grub
Schizonycha canala Paulian, 1991
Xenotrogus bisquamulata Moser, 1919
Xenotrogus salomoensis Moser, 1919
Xenotrogus solomonensis Moser, 1919
Xenotrogus subnitida Arrow, 1915
Xenotrogus vestita Arrow, 1915
Xenotrogus vitiensis Fairmaire, 1879
Zietzia geologa Blackburn, 1894

Subnodes of Melolonthini with occurrences in Australia
SubtribeLeucopholina
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeRhizotrogina
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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