Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. 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 <small>Reitter, 1902</small> (dusty June beetles)
- Amphimallon <small>Latreille, 1825</small> (European chafers)
- Anoxia <small>Laporte, 1832</small>
- Brahmina <small>Blanchard, 1850</small>
- Dinacoma <small>Casey, 1889</small>
- Fossocarus <small>Howden, 1961</small>
- Gronocarus <small>Howden, 1968</small>
- Holotrichia <small>Hope, 1837</small>
- Hypotrichia <small>LeConte, 1861</small>
- Lasiopsis <small>Erichson, 1847</small>
- Lepidiota <small>Kirby, 1828</small>
- Leucopholis <small>Dejean, 1833</small>
- Megistophylla <small>Burmeister, 1855</small>
- Melolontha <small>Fabricius, 1775</small> (cockchafers)
- Miridiba <small>Reitter, 1901</small>
- Phyllophaga <small>Harris, 1827</small> (May beetles)
- Plectrodes <small>Horn, 1867</small>
- Polyphylla <small>Harris, 1841</small> (lined June beetles)
- Rhizotrogus <small>Lepeletier & Serville, 1825</small>
- Thyce <small>LeConte, 1856</small>
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, 1âÂÂ972.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.