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

Tribe Macrodactylini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Macrodactylus subspinosus Beetles on Grapevine - Macrodactylus Light-brown beetle - Macrodactylus Macrodactylus Rose Chafer - Macrodactylus Macrodactylus angustatus? - Macrodactylus Macrodactylus angustatus Macrodactylus uniformis
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 Macrodactylini
Explanation of Names
Macrodactylini Kirby 1837
Numbers
5 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), ~1,060 spp. in 54 genera total
Range
New World(2); in our area, Macrodactylus e.US & AZ, Isonychus arizonensis AZ, Plectris aliena SC‒AL
Print References
Katovich K. (2008) A generic-level phylogenetic review of the Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 0023: 1‒78
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Catalogue of Life
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 7:15am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2024 - 3:40pm

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