Tanyproctini

Tanyproctini
Aegostheta sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Melolonthinae
Tribe:	Tanyproctini Erichson, 1847
Synonyms
Elaphocerini Blanchard, 1851 (Unav.) Achloidae Burmeister, 1855 Cephalotrichiadae Burmeister, 1855 Leptopodidae Burmeister, 1855 (Homonym) Macrophyllidae Burmeister, 1855 Pachydemidae Burmeister, 1855 Sparrmannini Péringuey, 1904 Aegosthetini Lacroix, 2007

Tanyproctini is a tribe of May beetles and June bugs in the family Scarabaeidae, historically often referred to by the junior synonym Pachydemini. ^[1]

Selected genera

• Achloa Erichson, 1840
• Aegostheta Dejean, 1833
• Diaphylla Erichson, 1847
• Elaphocera Géné, 1836
• Pachydema Laporte, 1832
• Phobetus LeConte, 1856
• Sparrmannia Laporte, 1840
• Tanyproctus Ménétriés, 1832
• Warwickia Smith & Evans, 2005

References

1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.