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Checklist for Tribe Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
74
1983
6237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
68
1730
5215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
10
352
1421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
10
352
1421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
321
1340
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
42
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
11
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
11 Genera with 41 Species
Apogonia Melichar, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Asthenopholis Brenske, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Brachylepis Kolbe, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Cochliotis Kolbe, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Cochliotodes Burgeon, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Coelogenia Moser, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Lepidomela Kolbe, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Pegylis Erichson, 18958SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1888June beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Proteroschiza Brenske, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 191420SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
41 Species and 1 Subspecies
Apogonia (Rhyncogonia) acuminata Arrow, 1902
Apogonia fuscescens Moser, 1917
Apogonia impressipyga Frey, 1962
Apogonia kilimana Kolbe, 1899
Apogonia nigrochalcea Kolbe, 1899
Asthenopholis crassa Arrow, 1902
Asthenopholis ugandensis Moser, 1913
Brachylepis elephas Gerstaecker, 1867
Cochliotis melolonthoides Kolbe, 1894Sugarcane white grub
Cochliotodes babaulti Burgeon, 1946
Coelogenia flavida Moser, 1913
Lepidomela africana Brenske, 1892
Pegylis conspurcata Gerstaecker, 1867
Pegylis gestroi Brenske, 1895
Pegylis hauseri Brenske, 1898
Pegylis kenyensis Decelle, 1968
Pegylis lineata LaCroix, 2008
Pegylis rufolineata Kolbe, 1894
Pegylis rufomaculata Linell, 1896
Pegylis vestita Brenske, 1895
Phyllophaga euryaspis Bates, 1888
Proteroschiza wituensis Brenske, 1897
Schizonycha angustata Kolbe, 1895
Schizonycha angustata angustata
Schizonycha bottegoi Brenske, 1895
Schizonycha crenulata Moser, 1924
Schizonycha gerstaeckeri Kolbe, 1895
Schizonycha grossa Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha hamata Kolbe, 1891
Schizonycha insulicola Von Dalle Torre, 1912
Schizonycha keniana Moser, 1914
Schizonycha keniensis Moser, 1919
Schizonycha longitarsis Linell, 1895
Schizonycha major Kolbe, 1895
Schizonycha microphylla Moser, 1917
Schizonycha nairobensis Moser, 1914
Schizonycha nairobiensis Moser, 1914
Schizonycha propinqua Kolbe, 1891
Schizonycha rorida Gerstaecker, 1867
Schizonycha spiniventris Moser, 1914
Schizonycha tangana Moser, 1917
Schizonycha verrucosa Moser, 1914

Subnodes of Melolonthini with occurrences in Kenya
SubtribeLeucopholina
Burmeister, 1855
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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