Cheleion

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Stereomerini
Genus: Cheleion
Species (3): C. jendeki – C. malayanum – C. watanabei

[list of species after Vårdal & Forshage (2015)]
Name

Cheleion Vårdal & Forshage, 2010

Type species: Cheleion malayanum Vårdal & Forshage, 2010, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Vårdal, H. & Forshage, M. 2010: A new genus and species and a revised phylogeny of Stereomerini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), with notes on assumedly termitophilic aphodiines. In: Ratcliffe, B.; Krell, F.-T. (eds) Current advances in Scarabaeoidea research. ZooKeys 34: 55–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.34.264

Additional references

Kakizoe, S., Maruyama, M. & Masumoto, K. 2019. Cheleion watanabei sp. n., a new species of Stereomerini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), and description of the male of C. jendeki. Zookeys, 824: 45–52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.824.31627 Reference page.
Král, D. & Hajek, J. 2015. A second species of Cheleion from Johor, Malaysia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Stereomerini). Zookeys 532: 87–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.532.6116 Full article Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on April 12, 2017]