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Checklist for Tribe Melolonthini Leach in Samouelle, 1819
and region Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
994
29345
172480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
990
29308
172389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
930
28885
170923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
567
22062
142256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
155
8628
61720
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
136
7737
53109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
12
686
5220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
12
686
5220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
557
4133
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
178
1722
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
32
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Oceania
32 Genera with 222 Species
#ACDHLMNOPRSXZ
Allothnonius Britton, 20223SpeciesTaxom
Amphimallon Lepeletier &..., 1758European Chafers1SpeciesTaxom
Anoxia Laporte, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Antitrogus Burmeister, 199325SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 194112SpeciesTaxom
Asthenopholis Brenske, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dermolepida Arrow, 187910SpeciesTaxom
Holorhopaea Britton, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Hoplochelus Blanchard, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypolepida Britton, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Hypotrichia LeConte, 1862
Hypotrichs0SpeciesTaxom
Lepidiota Kirby, 1978105SpeciesTaxom
Megacoryne Britton, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Megarhopaea Britton, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1801Billy witch2SpeciesTaxom
Metatrogus Britton, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Microrhopaea Lea, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Nanorhopaea Britton, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Othnonius Olliff, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Pararhopaea Blackburn, 19165SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1888June beetles5SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1856Lined June Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Polyphyllum Blanchard, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Pseudholophylla6SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoholophylla Blackburn, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Rhizotrogus Lepeletier &..., 19711SpeciesTaxom
Rhopaea Erichson, 191514SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Xenotrogus Britton, 18796SpeciesTaxom
Zietzia Blackburn, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oceania
222 Species
Allothnonius barretti Britton, 1978
Allothnonius brooksi Britton, 1978
Allothnonius mouldsi Allsopp & Smith, 2022
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) solstitiale Linnaeus, 1758Cliff Beetle
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 duebayensis Kobayashi, 2014
Apogonia irianjayana Kobayashi, 2014
Apogonia lanata Frey, 1964
Apogonia papua Lansberge, 1880
Apogonia pseudopapua Kobayashi, 2014
Apogonia sakamakii Kobayashi, 2014
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 nigra
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 carolinensis Arrow, 1939
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 darwinii
Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota delicatula Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota discedens Sharp, 1876
Lepidiota draconis Britton, 1978
Lepidiota dybasi Cartwright &..., 1971
Lepidiota elongata Heller, 1914
Lepidiota flavipennis Lea, 1926
Lepidiota frenchi Blackburn, 1912French's Canegrub
Lepidiota froggatti MacLeay, 1887Froggatt´s canegrub
Lepidiota furtiva Cartwright &..., 1971
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 petersi
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
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
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) fusca Frölich, 1792Northern June beetle
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) futilis LeConte, 1850Gibbous June beetle
Phyllophaga favosa Saylor, 1941
Phyllophaga prolixa Bates, 1888
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) decemlineata Say, 1823Ten-lined June Beetle
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) hammondi LeConte, 1856Aquatic oligochaete worm
Polyphyllum rubrescens Blanchard, 1851
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 mussoni (Blackburn, 1892)⇒ Antitrogus mussoni Blackburn, 1892
Rhopaea nigricollis Lea, 1919
Rhopaea pilosa Blackburn, 1911
Rhopaea subnitida Arrow, 1915
Rhopaea verreauxi Blanchard, 1851Cocksfoot Grub
Rhopaea verreauxii Blanchard, 1851Cocksfoot grub
Rhopaea vestita Arrow, 1915
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 Oceania
SubtribeLeucopholina
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubtribeRhizotrogina
Burmeister, 1855
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Melolonthini at gbif.org
Melolonthini at itis.gov