Euchirini

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: Euchirini
Genera (3): Cheirotonus – Euchirus – Propomacrus
Name

Euchirini Hope, 1840: 300 [as Eucheiridae]

Type genus: Euchirus Kirby, 1828

Synonymy

Euchirinae [used by some authorities]
Euchiridae [used by some authorities]

References
Primary references

Hope, F.W. 1840. Descriptions of some new insects collected in Assam, by William Griffith, Esq., Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical Establishment. Annals and magazine of natural history (series 1), 6: 299–301. [name: p. 300]

Additional references

Šípek, P., Janšta, P. & Král, D. 2011. Immature stages of Euchirinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): genera Cheirotonus and Propomacrus with comments on their phylogeny based on larval and adult characters. Invertebrate systematics, 25: 282–302. abstract
Young, R.M. 1989: Euchirinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the world: distribution and taxonomy. Coleopterists bulletin, 43: 205–236. JSTOR
Euchirinae Hope, 1840 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
日本語: テナガコガネ亜科
中文: 長臂金龜亞科