Macrodactylus

Macrodactylus sp.

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: Macrodactylus
Species: (113 + †2) M. aeneicollis – M. aeneipes – M. aeneus – M. aequatorialis – M. affinis – M. amoenus – M. angustatus – M. annulitarsis – M. argentinus – M. batesi – M. bicolor – M. bilineolatus – M. bistriatus – M. bolivianus – M. brenskei – M. carrilloi – M. championi – M. chilensis – M. chiriquiensis – M. cinereus – M. columbianus – M. conjunctus – M. costaricensis – M. costulatus – M. cupreus – M. curtipilis – M. cyanonigrus – M. dejeani – M. dimidiatus – M. discicollis – M. discipennis – M. disparilis – M. dorsatus – M. duckei – M. elegans – M. excellens – M. farinosus – M. felix – M. fulvescens – M. fulvipennis – M. fulvipes – M. gracilis – M. griseus – M. haenschi – M. hondurensis – M. howdeni – M. impressus – M. infuscatus – M. kunayalaensis – M. latreillei – M. limbatus – M. lineaticollis – M. lineatus – M. longicollis – M. longipes – M. manantlecus – M. marginicollis – M. marianus – M. martinezi – M. megaphyllus – M. meridanus – M. mexicanus – M. montanus – M. moroni – M. murinus – M. nigricornis – M. nigripes – M. nigritarsis – M. nigrocyaneus – M. nitidicollis – M. nitididorsis – M. nobilis – M. noveloi – M. obscuritarsis – M. ocreatus – M. ohausi – M. ovaticollis – M. pallens – M. paraguayensis – M. penai – M. peruanus – M. pexus – †M. pluto – M. pokornyanus – M. praecellens – †M. propheticus – M. pseudothoracicus – M. pulchellus – M. pulchripes – M. pumilio – M. rufescens – M. sapphirinus – M. scutellaris – M. sericeicollis – M. sericinus – M. signatipennis – M. silaonus – M. silarutus – M. solisi – M. sparsesetosus – M. squamiger – M. suavis – M. subaeneus – M. submarginatus – M. subspinosus – M. subvittatus – M. sulcicollis – M. sulphureus – M. surianus – M. suturalis – M. sylphis – M. tenuilineatus – M. thoracicus – M. tibialis – M. uniformis – M. variipes – M. velutinus – M. virens – M. vittipennis – M. yunganus – M. zaragozai – M. zischkai – M. zunilensis
Name

Macrodactylus Dejean, 1821: 58

Type species: Melolontha subspinosa Fabricius, by subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 290).
Synonyms

Stenothorax Harris, 1827: 8 (as subgenus).
Type species Melolontha subspinosa Fabricius, by monotypy.
Chremastodus Solier, 1851 (synonymized by Smith 2008: 10).
Type species: Chremastodus pubescens Solier, by subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 248).

References

Arce-Pérez, R.; Moron, M.A. 2011: Macrodactylus zaragozai, a new species (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini) from Guatemala and Mexico. Dugesiana, 17(2): 171–174. PDF
Arce-Pérez, R. & Morón, M.A. 2018. Review of the species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Zootaxa 4462(3): 379–403. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.5 Paywall Reference page.
Arce-Pérez, R.; Morón, M.Á. 2014: New species and records of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactylini) from Bolivia. Zootaxa 3857(2): 292–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.8 Reference page.
Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821: Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Crevot Libraire, Paris, France. pp. nlb. 3, VIII, 136, nlb. 9.
Smith, A.B.T. 2008. South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions. Insecta Mundi 60: 1–28. Reference page.

Macrodactylus known as rose chafers are a genus in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 110 described species in Macrodactylus.[2][1][3][4]

See also

List of Macrodactylus species

References

"Macrodactylus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
"Macrodactylus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
"Macrodactylus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

"Browse Macrodactylus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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.
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.
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.
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.

External links

Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-05.