Anoplognathini is a tribe of
scarab beetles
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
belonging to the
subfamily
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Rutelinae
Rutelinae or shining leaf chafers is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains some 200 genera with over 4,000 described species in 7 tribes. A few recent ...
, a group
endemic
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to the
Neotropical
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Definition
In bioge ...
and
Australian
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Australia
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biogeographic realm
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Subtribes
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Anoplognathina MacLeay, 1819
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Schizognathina Ohaus
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, 1918
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Phalangogoniina Ohaus, 1918
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Platycoeliina Burmeister, 1844
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Brachysternina Burmeister, 1844
References
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Beetle tribes