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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Melolonthini

Tribe Melolonthini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited
Polyphylla monahansensis Hardy - Polyphylla monahansensis - male Unknown Pine Beetle - Polyphylla occidentalis Polyphylla Sp.? - Polyphylla hammondi - male Ten lined june bug - Polyphylla decemlineata - male Polyphylla comes maybe ? - Polyphylla variolosa Polyphylla Beetle maybe - Polyphylla comes Male, Polyphylla hammondi? - Polyphylla hammondi Is this a Ten-lined June Beetle? - Polyphylla
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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