Melolonthini

Melolonthini
Phyllophaga sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Melolonthinae
Tribe:	Melolonthini Leach, 1819
Subtribes
Enariina Dewailly, 1950 Heptophyllina Medvedev, 1951 Leucopholina Burmeister, 1855 Melolonthina Leach, 1819 Pegylina Lacroix, 1989 Rhizotrogina Burmeister, 1855 Schizonychina Burmeister, 1855

Polyphylla occidentalis

Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Selected genera

• Amblonoxia Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles)
• Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (European chafers)
• Anoxia Laporte, 1832
• Brahmina Blanchard, 1850
• Dinacoma Casey, 1889
• Fossocarus Howden, 1961
• Gronocarus Howden, 1968
• Holotrichia Hope, 1837
• Hypotrichia LeConte, 1861
• Lasiopsis Erichson, 1847
• Lepidiota Kirby, 1828
• Leucopholis Dejean, 1833
• Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855
• Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers)
• Miridiba Reitter, 1901
• Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (May beetles)
• Plectrodes Horn, 1867
• Polyphylla Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles)
• Rhizotrogus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
• Thyce LeConte, 1856

References

1. "Subfamily Melolonthinae - May Beetles and Junebugs - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. "Melolonthini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
3. "Melolonthini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. Jia, Zhi‐Chao; Fang, Hong; Jiang, Lu (2021). "Morphological description of the white grub Melolontha incana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini)". Microscopy Research and Technique. 84 (5).

• Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN   978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.