Tribe Rhizotrogini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Phyllophaga epigaea (Wickham) - Phyllophaga epigaea

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

Works Cited

1.	On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Evans A.V., Smith, A.B.T. 2020. Zootaxa 4748: 51–77.

2.	Catalogue of Life

Contributed by v belov on 22 July, 2021 - 6:15pm
Last updated 28 August, 2024 - 6:16pm

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