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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and June Bugs (Melolonthinae) » Macrodactylini » Rose Chafers (Macrodactylus)

Genus Macrodactylus - Rose Chafers

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and June Bugs)
Tribe Macrodactylini
Genus Macrodactylus (Rose Chafers)
Other Common Names
Large-clawed Scarabs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macrodactylus Latreille, 1825
Explanation of Names
Greek 'large fingers'
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, ~110 spp. total(1)
Size
7-11 mm
Range
se. Canada to s. South America(1)
in our area: M. subpsinous e. NA; M. angustatus e. US; M. uniformis AZ & Mexico. The fact that M. subpsinous and M. angustatus were once considered the same species makes some published records questionable. (Art Evans, pers. comm. to =v= 5.iv.2011)
Season
M. subspinosus May-Aug in e. NC
Food
Adults eat foliage, esp. grapes, also perhaps, pollen, nectar
Print References
(2)(3)
Internet References
Fact sheet
Works Cited
1.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
3.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 March, 2004 - 11:21am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2012 - 2:43pm

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