Melolonthini
Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] There are over 200 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone.[2][3]
| Melolonthini | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phyllophaga | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini Leach, 1819 |
Polyphylla occidentalis
Selected genera
- Amblonoxia Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles)
- Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (European chafers)
- Anoxia Laporte, 1832
- Dinacoma Casey, 1889
- Fossocarus Howden, 1961
- Gronocarus Howden, 1968
- Hypotrichia LeConte, 1861
- Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers)
- Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (May beetles)
- Plectrodes Horn, 1867
- Polyphylla Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles)
- Thyce LeConte, 1856
Distribution
Melolonthini can be found in the following countries:
- Antigua
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bolivia
- Belize
- Brazil
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Grand Cayman
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hispaniola
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Santo Domingo
- St. Barthelemy
- St. Croix
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Martin
- St. Vincent
- Trinidad
- Uruguay
- United States
- US Virgin Islands
- Venezuela
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.
- 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.
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