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Tribe Melolonthini

Representative Images

Ten-lined June Beetle - Polyphylla decemlineata - Polyphylla decemlineata - male Scarab? - Polyphylla crinita Red scarab - Amblonoxia palpalis Scarabeidae: Polyphylla - Polyphylla crinita Polyphylia decemlineata - Polyphylla decemlineata - male Polyphylla sp. - Polyphylla comes - male Polyphylla decemlineata ? - Polyphylla hammondi Arizona Beetle for ID - Polyphylla diffracta

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 Melolonthini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

the current circumscription of the tribe discussed in (1)

Identification

distinguished from Rhizotrogini by having a wide metepisternum(1)
keys to se. US genera & spp. in (2)

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.Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Skelley P.E. 2005. Insecta Mundi 17: 129-156.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 7:14am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 8:23pm

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