Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family

Scarabaeidae 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 ...

. There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide.

Selected genera

*'' Amblonoxia'' Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles) *''

Amphimallon ''Amphimallon'' is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae 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 ...

'' Latreille, 1825 (European chafers) *'' Anoxia'' Laporte, 1832 *''

Brahmina ''Brahmina'' is a large Holarctic genus 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 ...

'' Blanchard, 1850 *'' Dinacoma'' Casey, 1889 *'' Fossocarus'' Howden, 1961 *'' Gronocarus'' Howden, 1968 *'' Holotrichia'' Hope, 1837 *''

Hypotrichia The hypotrichs are a group of ciliated protozoa, common in fresh water, salt water, soil and moss. Hypotrichs possess compound ciliary organelles called " cirri," which are made up of thick tufts of cilia, sparsely distributed on the ventral ...

'' LeConte, 1861 *'' Lasiopsis'' Erichson, 1847 *'' Lepidiota'' Kirby, 1828 *'' Leucopholis'' Dejean, 1833 *''

Melolontha ''Melolontha'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus. Taxonomy Linnaeus called the European cockchafer ''Scarabaeus melolontha''. Étienne Louis Geoffroy used ''Melolontha'' as a genus ...

'' Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers) *'' Miridiba'' Reitter, 1901 *''

Phyllophaga ''Phyllophaga'' is a very large genus (more than 900 species) of New World scarab beetles in the subfamily Melolonthinae. Common names for this genus and many other related genera in the subfamily Melolonthinae are May beetles, June bugs, and Jul ...

'' Harris, 1827 (May beetles) *'' Plectrodes'' Horn, 1867 *''

Polyphylla ''Polyphylla'' is a genus of scarab beetle includes more than 80 species distributed in North and Central America, southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia—from Asia Minor to Japan. They typically reside in forests and ...

'' Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles) *'' Rhizotrogus'' Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 *'' Thyce'' LeConte, 1856

References

* 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.

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