Euchirinae Explained

Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.^{[1] [2] [3]} They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine.^[4]

They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae as Tribe Euchirini.

Genera and species

This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:^{[5] [6]}

• Cheirotonus Hope, 1840 (10 species)
  • Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
  • Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
  • Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
  • Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
  • Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
  • Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
  • Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
  • Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
  • Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
  • Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
• Propomacrus Newman, 1837 (4 species)
  • Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
  • Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris 2002
  • Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
  • Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007
• Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
  • Euchirus dupontianus Burmeister, 1841
  • Euchirus longimanus Linnaeus, 1758

One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.^[7]

External links

• www.goliathus.cz

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS Standard Report - Error . 2011-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312100559/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt . 2009-03-12 .
2. Web site: Euchirinae - Nomen.at - animals and plants .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053 . 2015-03-27 .
4. Euchirinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the World: Distribution and Taxonomy. Young, RM. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 43. 3. 1989. 205–236.
5. http://www.glaphyridae.com/Euchirinae/Euchirinae.html The Scarabs of Lavrnt
6. http://www.eol.org/pages/403 Euchiridae
7. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist.. 9. 105–110. 1989. A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan. Ueda, Kyoichiro. 2012-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20140115185403/http://www.kmnh.jp/publication/ronbun_pdf/9-105-E-Ueda.pdf. 2014-01-15. dead.