Taxonomy Profile: Melolonthinae (Leach 1819)

Melolonthinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Melolonthinae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Coleoptera
beetles |
besouro |
coléoptères |
Suborder : Polyphaga
Infraorder : Scarabeiformia
Superfamily : Scarabaeoidea
Family : Scarabaeidae
scarab beetles |
Subfamily : Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae Direct Children(s):
Oncerini
(LeConte 1861)
Podolasiini
(Howden 1997)
Sericini
(Kirby 1837)
Melolonthini
(Leach 1819)
Diplotaxini
(Kirby 1837)
Pachydemini
(Burmeister 1855)
Dichelonychini
(Burmeister 1855)
Macrodactylini
(Kirby 1837)
Hopliini
(Latreille 1829)
Acoma
(Casey 1889)
Chaunocolus
(Saylor 1937)
Chnaunanthus
(Burmeister 1844)
Lichniini
(Burmeister 1844)
Melolonthinae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm
Acquired:
2012-06-11
Notes:
Smith, A.B.T. 2009. Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Version 4. Electronically published, Ottawa, Canada. 97 pp., available online at http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/SSSA/nearctic.htm
Reference for:
Melolonthinae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-01-01 / 1995-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2
Page(s):
779-1006
Publisher:
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
Publication Place:
Warszawa, Poland
ISBN/ISSN:
83-85192-34-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Melolonthinae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-04-04 / 2011-04-04
Article/Chapter Title:
Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
ZooKeys, vol. 88
Page(s):
1-972
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1313-2989
Notes:
Reference for:
Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Melolonthinae: Comments
Comment:
Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this species as MacLeay, 1819/Leach in Samouelle, 1819