Clavipalpus

Life-forms

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: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Macrodactylini
Genus: Clavipalpus
Species (20): C. aequatorialis – C. antisana – C. basalis – C. blanchardi – C. castaneus – C. cochleatus – C. dejeani – C. hirsutus – C. hirticollis – C. orbignyanus – C. ornatissimus – C. peruanus – C. rimbachi – C. sinuatus – C. spadiceus – C. tenuis – C. ursinus – C. variolosus – C. vestitus – C. whymperi
Name

Clavipalpus Laporte, 1832

Type species: Clavipalpus dejeani Laporte, 1832 by monotypy.
Synonyms

Amphicrania Burmeister, 1855
Type species: Amphicrania ursina Burmeister, 1855 by subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 249).
Paulosawaya Martínez & d'’Andretta, 1956 (synonymized by Smith 2008: 22).
Type species: Paulosawaya ornatissima Martínez & D'’Andretta, 1956, by original designation.

References
Additional references

Smith, A.B.T. 2008. South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions. Insecta Mundi 60: 1–28. 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 March 1, 2017]