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Tribe Rhizotrogini

Large Beetle - Phyllophaga Phyllophaga epigaea (Wickham) - Phyllophaga epigaea May Beetle - Phyllophaga fusca - male May Beetle - Phyllophaga Phyllophaga  - Phyllophaga Phyllophaga bilobatata? - Phyllophaga bilobatata Phyllophaga rossi? - Phyllophaga Phyllophaga bruneri
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)
Tribe Rhizotrogini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
the genera placed here used to be treated under Melolonthini ―see (1)
Triodonina Rivera-Gasperín & Morón 2013
Explanation of Names
Rhizotrogini Burmeister 1855
Numbers
>2,000 spp. in >60 genera total(2)
Identification
distinguished from Melolonthini by having a narrow metepisternum(1)
Range
all realms except Afrotropical & Australasian