Melolonthini

{{short description|Tribe of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Phyllophaga P1380631a.jpg | image_caption = ''Phyllophaga'' sp. | taxon = Melolonthini | authority = Leach, 1819 | subdivision_ranks = Subtribes | subdivision = : Enariina Dewailly, 1950 : Heptophyllina Medvedev, 1951 : Leucopholina Burmeister, 1855 : Melolonthina Leach, 1819 : Pegylina Lacroix, 1989 : Rhizotrogina Burmeister, 1855 : Schizonychina Burmeister, 1855 }}

thumb|''Polyphylla occidentalis'' '''Melolonthini''' is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/2951|title=Subfamily Melolonthinae - May Beetles and Junebugs - BugGuide.Net|website=bugguide.net|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide.<ref name=bugref>{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/41314|title=Melolonthini Tribe Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926272|title=Melolonthini Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref name=Jia2021/>

==Subtribes and genera== The tribe is divided in three subtribes: *subtribe Enariina Dewailly, 1950 **''Anenaria'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Anthrencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Apicencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Bisencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Cherbezatina'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Comencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Djadjoua'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Djafouna'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Enaria'' Erichson, 1847 **''Encya'' Dejean, 1833 **''Enthora'' Erichson, 1847 **''Eutrichesis'' Waterhouse, 1882 **''Globencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Humblotania'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Joziratia'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Komrina'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Lebbea'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Machala'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Mayataia'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Mucrencya'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Pentaphylla'' Dewailly, 1950 **''Polyenaria'' Dewailly, 1950 **''Pseudenaria'' Fairmaire, 1901 **''Pseudencya'' Lacroix, 1991 **''Ravautiana'' Lacroix, 1991 **''Renaudiana'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Semienaria'' Dewailly, 1950 **''Synenaria'' Lacroix, 1993 **''Vadonaria'' Dewailly, 1950 **''Varencya'' Lacroix, 1993 *subtribe Melolonthina Leach, 1819 **''Melolontha'' Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers) **''Polyphylla'' Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles) **''Psilopholis'' Brenske, 1892 *subtribe Pegylina Lacroix, 1989 **''Eupegylis'' Duvivier, 1892 **''Neopegylis'' Lacroix, 2015 **''Pegylis'' Erichson, 1847 *Furthermore, the following genera have not been assigned to a subtribe: **''Achranoxia'' Kraatz, 1888 **''Adoretops'' Kraatz, 1883 **''Alepida'' Allsopp, 2018 **''Allophyllus'' Fauvel, 1903 **''Allothnonius'' Britton, 1978 **''Amblonoxia'' Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles) **''Anisopholis'' Moser, 1913 **''Anoxia'' Laporte, 1832 **''Anoxoides'' Petrovitz, 1971 **''Antitrogus'' Burmeister, 1855 **''Barryfilius'' Allsopp, 2022 **''Beriqua'' Péringuey, 1904 **''Brenskecnemus'' Allsopp & Schoolmeesters, 2024 **''Carlschoenherria'' Bezděk, 2016 **''Cephaloschiza'' Moser, 1920 **''Cheronia'' Croissandeau, 1893 **''Chiloschiza'' Moser, 1924 **''Clypeolontha'' Li & Yang, 1999 **''Cocherellus'' Paulian, 1991 **''Cochliotodes'' Burgeon, 1946 **''Conebius'' Fauvel, 1903 **''Cryptotrogus'' Kraatz, 1888 **''Cyphonotus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 **''Dermolepida'' Arrow, 1941 **''Dinacoma'' Casey, 1889 **''Engistanoxia'' Lacroix, 2002 **''Entyposis'' Kolbe, 1895 **''Euranoxia'' Semenov, 1890 **''Euryschiza'' Brenske, 1898 **''Exolontha'' Reitter, 1902 **''Fossocarus'' Howden, 1961 **''Globulischiza'' Frey, 1974 **''Gnaphalostetha'' Reiche & Saulcy, 1856 **''Gronocarus'' Schaeffer, 1927 **''Heptelia'' Brenske, 1898 **''Holisonycha'' Péringuey, 1904 **''Holomelia'' Brenske, 1891 **''Holopycnia'' Brenske, 1896 **''Holorhopaea'' Britton, 1978 **''Homoeoschiza'' Kolbe, 1894 **''Hoplosternodes'' Burgeon, 1946 **''Howdenocarus'' Hardy, 1978 **''Hypolepida'' Britton, 1978 **''Hypothyce'' Howden, 1968 **''Hypotrichia'' LeConte, 1861 **''Lecanotrogus'' Kolbe, 1894 **''Megacoryne'' Britton, 1987 **''Megarhopaea'' Britton, 1978 **†''Melolonthites'' Heer, 1847 **''Menigionyx'' Arrow, 1941 **''Metatrogus'' Britton, 1978 **''Microphylla'' Kraatz, 1890 **''Microrhopaea'' Lea, 1920 **†''Miolachnosterna'' Wickham, 1914 **''Nanorhopaea'' Britton, 1978 **''Nematophylla'' Arrow, 1906 **''Nesadmiralitia'' Prokofiev, 2016 **''Nuiba'' Prokofiev, 2016 **''Octoplasia'' Brenske, 1892 **''Oligophylla'' Kraatz, 1894 **''Oreotrogus'' Kolbe, 1897 **''Pararhopaea'' Blackburn, 1911 **''Pentelia'' Brenske, 1891 **''Perissosoma'' Waterhouse, 1875 **''Phiara'' Brenske, 1897 **''Plectrodes'' Horn, 1867 **''Polyphyllum'' Blanchard, 1851 **''Proteroschiza'' Brenske, 1896 **''Pseudholophylla'' Blackburn, 1911 **''Pseudosymmachia'' Dalla Torre, 1913 **''Pseudotocama'' Keith, 2008 **''Ramilia'' Kolbe, 1894 **''Rhadinolontha'' Arrow, 1930 **''Rhizoproctus'' Kolbe, 1894 **''Rhopaea'' Erichson, 1847 **''Rhyxicephalus'' Moser, 1921 **''Rhyxiderma'' Moser, 1924 **''Schismatocera'' Gautier Des Cottes, 1872 **''Sebakue'' Péringuey, 1904 **''Spathoschiza'' Arrow, 1902 **''Sphodroxia'' Kraatz, 1890 **''Stenopegylis'' Arrow, 1943 **''Suntemnonycha'' Péringuey, 1904 **''Syngeneschiza'' Brenske, 1898 **''Thyce'' LeConte, 1856 **''Tocama'' Reitter, 1902 **''Tricholontha'' Nomura, 1952 **''Trinoxia'' Brenske, 1894 **''Xenotrogus'' Britton, 1978 **''Zietzia'' Blackburn, 1894

==Formerly placed here== *''Amphimallon'' Latreille, 1825 (European chafers) *''Brahmina'' Blanchard, 1850 *''Holotrichia'' Hope, 1837 *''Lasiopsis'' Erichson, 1847 *''Lepidiota'' Kirby, 1828 *''Leucopholis'' Dejean, 1833 *''Megistophylla'' Burmeister, 1855 *''Miridiba'' Reitter, 1901 *''Phyllophaga'' Harris, 1827 (May beetles) *''Rhizotrogus'' Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

==References== <references>

<ref name=Jia2021> {{Cite journal| title = Morphological description of the white grub Melolontha incana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) |last=Jia|first1=Zhi‐Chao|last2=Fang|first2=Hong|last3=Jiang|first3=Lu |journal=Microscopy Research and Technique|volume=84|issue=5 |date=2021 }}</ref>

</references> {{refbegin}} * Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1–972. {{refend}}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida {{ISBN|978-0-8493-0954-0}}. * {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}} * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. {{refend}} {{-}}

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