Macrodactylini

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
Genera (25): Agaocnemis – Alvarinus – Ampliodactylus – Ancistrosoma – Anomonyx – Ceraspis – Clavipalpus – Coenonycha – Compsodactylus – Dichelonyx – Extenuoptyophis – Gymnopyge – Insimuloissacaris – Isonychus – Issacaris – Macrodactylus – Modialis – Neuquenodactylus – Phytholaema – Plectris – Pristerophora – Pseudodicrania – Pseudopectinosoma – Ptyophis – Pusiodactylus – Zagurya
Name

Macrodactylini Burmeister, 1855
References
Adiitional references

Katovich, K. 2008. A generic-level phylogenetic review of the Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 23: 1–78. PDF. Reference page.
Smith, A.B.T. 2008. South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions. Insecta Mundi 60: 1–28. Reference page.

Macrodactylini is a tribe of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 46 genera and over a thousand species described in the tribe Macrodactylini.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the tribe Macrodactylini:[1]

Agaocnemis Moser, 1918
Alvarinus Blanchard, 1850
Ampliodactylus Smith, 2008
Ancistrosoma Curtis, 1835
Anomonyx Saylor, 1940
Astaenoplia Martínez, 1957
Barybas Blanchard, 1850
Byrasba Harold, 1869
Calodactylus Blanchard, 1850
Canestera Saylor, 1938
Ceraspis LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Ceratolontha Arrow, 1948
Chariodactylus Moser, 1919
Chariodema Blanchard, 1850
Clavipalpus Laporte, 1832
Compsodactylus Fuhrmann, 2012
Dasyus LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Dicrania LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Euryaspis Blanchard, 1851
Extenuoptyophis Smith & Mondaca 2015
Faula Blanchard, 1850
Hamatoplectris Frey, 1967
Hieritis Burmeister, 1855
Isonychus Mannerheim, 1829
Insimuloissacaris Smith & Mondaca, 2015
Issacaris Fairmaire, 1889
Junkia Dalla Torre, 1913
Macrodactylus Dejean, 1821 (rose chafers)
Mallotarsus Blanchard, 1850
Manodactylus Moser, 1919
Manopus Conte de Castelnau, 1840
Modialis Fairmaire & Germain, 1860
Neuquenodactylus Smith & Mondaca, 2015
Oedichira Burmeister, 1855
Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956
Pectinosoma Arrow, 1913
Philochloenia Dejean, 1833
Phytholaema Blanchard, 1851
Plectris LePeletier de Saint–Fargeau & Audinet–Serville, 1828
Pristerophora Harold, 1869
Pseudodicrania Gutiérrez, 1950
Pseudopectinosoma Katovich, 2011
Pseudoserica Guérin–Méneville, 1838
Ptyophis Redtenbacher, 1868
Rhinaspis Perty, 1833
Schizochelus Blanchard, 1850

References

"Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (in French). 2017 (350): 1–71 (EJT. 2017.

Further reading

Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811.
Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520246577.
Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
Klimaszewski, Jan; Watt, J.Charles (1997). "Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification". Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Vol. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8777.
Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.