Euchirinae
Encyclopedia
Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae
or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea
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They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae
as Tribe
Euchirini.
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide. The species in this large family are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family is fairly unstable, with numerous competing theories, and new proposals appearing quite...
or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
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They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles . It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains many familiar species. Some authors include the scarab subfamilies Euchirinae and Pachypodinae as tribes in the Melolonthinae.Unlike some of their relatives, their...
as Tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...
Euchirini.
Genera and species
This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:- 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