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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
116
4223
17152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
99
3729
14706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
13
657
3835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
13
657
3835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
596
3539
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
153
1281
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
19
171
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
19 Genera with 171 Species
Apogonia Melichar, 20088SpeciesTaxom
Asthenopholis Brenske, 18515SpeciesTaxom
Beriqua Péringuey, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Coniopholis Erichson, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Genyoschiza Moser, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Globulischiza Frey, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Glyptoglossa Brenske, 19047SpeciesTaxom
Holisonycha Péringuey, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Lepidiota Kirby, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1790Billy witch8SpeciesTaxom
Pegylis Erichson, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1837June beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1856Lined June Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Psilonychus Burmeister, 18578SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdopholis Burmeister, 20045SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 1904115SpeciesTaxom
Spathoschiza Arrow, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Syngeneschiza Brenske, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Trichoschiza Moser, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
171 Species
Apogonia australensis LaCroix, 2008
Apogonia curtula Péringuey, 1892
Apogonia frontalis Heller, 1896
Apogonia kunenensis LaCroix, 2008
Apogonia miyakei Bezdek, 2004
Apogonia ovata (Fåhraeus, 1857)⇒ Apogonia miyakei Bezdek, 2004
Apogonia similis (Moser, 1913)⇒ Apogonia frontalis Heller, 1896
Apogonia transvaalensis LaCroix, 2008
Asthenopholis adspersa Boheman, 1857
Asthenopholis crypsis Harrison, 2009
Asthenopholis minor Brenske, 1898
Asthenopholis rex Harrison, 2009
Asthenopholis subfasciata Blanchard, 1851
Beriqua modesta Péringuey, 1904
Coniopholis capensis Nonfried, 1906
Coniopholis lepidiota Burmeister, 1855
Coniopholis proxima Péringuey, 1904
Coniopholis subnitida Nonfried, 1906
Globulischiza squamosa Frey, 1974
Glyptoglossa acta Evans, 1988
Glyptoglossa alia Evans, 1988
Glyptoglossa burmeisteri Brenske, 1898
Glyptoglossa capensis Evans, 1988
Glyptoglossa dispar Péringuey, 1904
Glyptoglossa lurida Brumeister, 1855
Glyptoglossa namaquensis Péringuey, 1904
Holisonycha mellila Peringeuy, 1904
Lepidiota laevis Arrow, 1932Paspalum white grub
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha caffra Thunberg, 1818
Melolontha fuliginosa Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha haemorrhoa Thunberg, 1818
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
Melolontha pilosella
Melolontha setigera
Melolontha virens Herbst, 1790
Pegylis pondoensis Arrow, 1943
Pegylis sommeri Burmeister, 1855
Pegylis vittata Fahraeus, 1857
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) anxia LeConte, 1850Cranberry White Grub
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) drakii Kirby, 1837
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) hammondi LeConte, 1856Aquatic oligochaete worm
Psilonychus barkeri Péringuey, 1904
Psilonychus deridens Péringuey, 1904
Psilonychus duponti Burmeister, 1855
Psilonychus eckloni Burmeister, 1855
Psilonychus gracilis Burmeister, 1855
Psilonychus groendahli Billberg, 1820
Psilonychus perturbator Péringuey, 1904
Psilonychus pilosicollis Boheman, 1857
Rhabdopholis albostriata Burmeister, 1855
Rhabdopholis costipennis Boheman, 1857
Rhabdopholis irrorata Péringuey, 1896
Rhabdopholis margaretae Harrison, 2004
Rhabdopholis robertsi Harrison, 2004
Schizonycha (Schizonycha) globator Fabricius, 1781
Schizonycha abenaba Pope, 1960
Schizonycha abrupta Pope, 1960
Schizonycha abscondita Pope, 1960
Schizonycha affinis (Boheman, 1857)⇒ Schizonycha bohemani Pope, 1960
Schizonycha algoa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha barda Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha bohemani Pope, 1960
Schizonycha boschimana Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha caffra Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha capensis Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha carbonaria Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha cervina Reiche, 1849
Schizonycha ciliata Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha citima Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha clypealis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha comosa (Burmeister, 1855)⇒ Schizonycha laticia Pope, 1960
Schizonycha compacta Pope, 1960
Schizonycha constrata Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha consueta Kolbe, 1895
Schizonycha continens Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha crinita Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha damarina Péringuey, 1908
Schizonycha debilis (Burmeister, 1855)⇒ Schizonycha lebidis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha deceptor Pope, 1960
Schizonycha disputabilis Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha dissensa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha dissimilis Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha divulsa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha durbana Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha effecta
Schizonycha effeta Péringuey, 1908
Schizonycha egens (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha fraudigera Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha elegans Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha exasperans (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha geilenkeuseri Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha fartula Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha fatidica Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha feirana Péringuey, 1908
Schizonycha filiola Moser, 1917
Schizonycha fimbriata Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha frandigera
Schizonycha fraudigera Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha frontalis Moser, 1921
Schizonycha furva Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha geilenkeuseri Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha globa Pope, 1960
Schizonycha gonaqua Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha gonaquoides Pope, 1960
Schizonycha howickiana (Péringuey, 1908)⇒ Schizonycha russula Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha humilis
Schizonycha idonea (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha globator Fabricius, 1781
Schizonycha ignava Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha immixta Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha increta Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha inedita Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha inereta
Schizonycha infansa
Schizonycha infantilis Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha infarsa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha inops Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha inostralis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha insuesa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha jordani Pope, 1960
Schizonycha kochi Pope, 1960
Schizonycha languens Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha laticia Pope, 1960
Schizonycha lebidis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha livada Pope, 1960
Schizonycha livida Klug, 1855
Schizonycha manicana Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha marginata Pope, 1960
Schizonycha mediastina Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha mediocris
Schizonycha meracula Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha mimocontinens Pope, 1960
Schizonycha minor Pope, 1960
Schizonycha natalensis Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha neglecta Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha neutra Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha nigricornis Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha noscitata Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha ovampoana Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha ovatula Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha pauperata Péringuey, 1908
Schizonycha perforata Burmeister, 1855
Schizonycha peringueyi Von Dalle Torre, 1912
Schizonycha piceonigra Pope, 1960
Schizonycha plausibilis (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha neglecta Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha profuga Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha pseudosquamifera Pope, 1960
Schizonycha puerilis Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha puncticollis Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha quaesita Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha rotunda Pope, 1960
Schizonycha rufina Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha rugosa Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha rurigena Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha russula Boheman, 1857
Schizonycha saga Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha saginata Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha scabiosa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha spuria Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha squamifera Wallengren, 1881
Schizonycha squamosetosa Moser, 1921
Schizonycha transvaalica Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha trichostetha Moser, 1914
Schizonycha tumida Castelnau, 1840
Schizonycha unicolor Herbst, 1790
Schizonycha vaalensis (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha fimbriata Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha valida (Boheman, 1859)⇒ Schizonycha livada Pope, 1960
Schizonycha valvata Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha villosa Brenske, 1898
Schizonycha vryburgensis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha windhoekensis Pope, 1960
Schizonycha zambesiana (Péringuey, 1904)⇒ Schizonycha livida Klug, 1855
Syngeneschiza omrramba Péringuey, 1904

Subnodes of Melolonthini with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubtribeLeucopholina
Burmeister, 1855
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
3
17
Genera
Species

Taxom



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