Macrodactylini Explained

Macrodactylini is a tribe of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 46 genera and over a thousand species described in the tribe Macrodactylini.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the tribe Macrodactylini:^[1]

• Agaocnemis Moser, 1918
• Alvarinus Blanchard, 1850
• Ampliodactylus Smith, 2008
• Ancistrosoma Curtis, 1835
• Anomonyx Saylor, 1940
• Astaenoplia Martínez, 1957
• Barybas Blanchard, 1850
• Byrasba Harold, 1869
• Calodactylus Blanchard, 1850
• Canestera Saylor, 1938
• Ceraspis LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
• Ceratolontha Arrow, 1948
• Chariodactylus Moser, 1919
• Chariodema Blanchard, 1850
• Clavipalpus Laporte, 1832
• Compsodactylus Fuhrmann, 2012
• Dasyus LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
• Dicrania LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
• Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851
• Extenuoptyophis Smith & Mondaca 2015
• Faula Blanchard, 1850
• Hamatoplectris Frey, 1967
• Hieritis Burmeister, 1855
• Isonychus Mannerheim, 1829
• Insimuloissacaris Smith & Mondaca, 2015
• Issacaris Fairmaire, 1889
• Junkia Dalla Torre, 1913
• Macrodactylus Dejean, 1821 (rose chafers)
• Mallotarsus Blanchard, 1850
• Manodactylus Moser, 1919
• Manopus Conte de Castelnau, 1840
• Modialis Fairmaire & Germain, 1860
• Neuquenodactylus Smith & Mondaca, 2015
• Oedichira Burmeister, 1855
• Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956
• Pectinosoma Arrow, 1913
• Philochloenia Dejean, 1833
• Phytholaema Blanchard, 1851
• Plectris LePeletier de Saint–Fargeau & Audinet–Serville, 1828
• Pristerophora Harold, 1869
• Pseudodicrania Gutiérrez, 1950
• Pseudopectinosoma Katovich, 2011
• Pseudoserica Guérin–Méneville, 1838
• Ptyophis Redtenbacher, 1868
• Rhinaspis Perty, 1833
• Schizochelus Blanchard, 1850

Further reading

• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. 0665070772.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Hardy . A.. 1991. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae. USDA Agriculture Handbook.
• Book: Harpootlian . Phillip J.. 2001. Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . 3 . 136. Smithsonian Institution. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Riley . Edward G.. Wolfe . Charles S.. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

External links

• Web site: 2018-03-05. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.

Notes and References

1. 2017. Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. fr. 350. 1–71 (EJT.