Euchirinae

Euchirinae
Male Cheirotonus macleayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Euchirinae Hope, 1840
Diversity
3 genera, 16 species
Synonyms
Euchirini

Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. ^{[1] [2] [3]} They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine. ^[4]

They are sometimes included in subfamily Melolonthinae as tribe Euchirini.

Genera and species

This subfamily contains 3 genera with 14 species: ^{[5] [6]} A 2024 study demonstrated that Propomacrus muramotoaeFujioka, 2007 was a fake. ^[7]

• Cheirotonus Hope, 1840 (10 species)
  • Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
  • Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
  • Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
  • Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
  • Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
  • Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
  • Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
  • Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
  • Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
  • Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
• Propomacrus Newman, 1837 (2 species)
  • Propomacrus bimucronatus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
  • Propomacrus bimucronatus cypriacus Alexis & Makris 2002
  • Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
• Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
  • Euchirus dupontianus Burmeister, 1841
  • Euchirus longimanus Linnaeus, 1758

One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan. ^[8]

References

1. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results" . Retrieved 2011-02-04.
2. "Euchirinae - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
4. Young, RM (1989). "Euchirinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the World: Distribution and Taxonomy". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43 (3): 205–236.
5. The Scarabs of Lavrnt
6. Euchiridae ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. Lee, Seunghyun; Hwang, Seulmaro; Lee, Minhyeuk; Seung, Jinbae; Choi, Woong; Bai, Ming (2024-07-08). "DNA barcoding reveals a taxonomic fraud: Note on validity of Propomacrus muramotoae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)". ZooKeys (1206): 181–190. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1206..181L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1206.124932 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   11249845 . PMID   39015529.
8. Ueda, Kyoichiro (1989). "A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan" (PDF). Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 105–110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

External links

• www.goliathus.cz