Melolonthini

Melolonthini
	Phyllophaga sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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

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
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

^ "Subfamily Melolonthinae - May Beetles and Junebugs - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "Melolonthini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Melolonthini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ 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.

Selected genera

References

Further reading