Gronocarus

Gronocarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Melolonthini
Genus:	Gronocarus Schaeffer, 1927

Gronocarus is a genus of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least three described species in Gronocarus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These three species belong to the genus Gronocarus:

• Gronocarus automnalis Schaeffer
• Gronocarus autumnalis Schaeffer, 1927 (lobed spiny burrowing beetle)
• Gronocarus inornatus Skelley, 2005 (lobeless spiny burrowing beetle)

References

1. "Gronocarus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Gronocarus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Gronocarus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Skelley, Paul E. (2003). "Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Insecta Mundi. 17 (3–4): 129–156. ISSN   0749-6737. Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Further reading

• Evans, Arthur V. (2003). "A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Zootaxa. 211 (1): 1–458. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.211.1.1.
• Smith, Andrew B. T.; Evans, Arthur V. (2005). "A supplement to the checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with notes on their tribal classification". Zootaxa. 1032 (1): 29–60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1032.1.2 .
• Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.