Lichniinae

Lichniinae
Lichnia limbata, Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844

Lichniinae is a subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The subfamily consists of two genera and about six described species. ^{[1] [2]} Lichniinae is sometimes considered a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, Lichniini. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Lichniinae:

Genus Arctodium Burmeister, 1844

Arctodium discolor (Erichson, 1835) – Chile

Arctodium mahdii Hawkins, 2006 – Chile

Arctodium planum (Blanchard, 1850) – Chile

Arctodium vulpinum (Erichson, 1835) – Chile

Genus Lichnia Erichson, 1835

Lichnia gallardoi Gutiérrez, 1943 – Chile

Lichnia limbata Erichson, 1835 – Chile, Peru

References

1. "Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
2. Mondaca, José (2023). "A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Chile with exemplar live-photographed" . Zootaxa. 5285 (2): 201–251. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5285.2.1.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
4. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves (2020). "Additions and corrections to Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (922): 65–139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367 . PMC   7113323 .