Sericoides

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: Sericoidini
Genus: Sericoides
Species (54): S. andina – S. antarcticus – S. argentinensis – S. atra – S. castanea – S. chilena – S. chilensis – S. chlorosticta – S. comata – S. convexa – S. delicatula – S. dubia – S. faminaei – S. frigida – S. germaini – S. glacialis – S. hirsuta – S. intermedia – S. lineolata – S. livida – S. lloydi – S. longipes – S. lucida – S. magellanica – S. monticola – S. multicolor – S. nitida – S. nossi – S. obesa – S. obscura – S. olivacea – S. opacipennis – S. pallida – S. palpalis – S. philippiana – S. picea – S. piligera – S. pubescens – S. punctata – S. rechencqui – S. rufeola – S. rufescens – S. rufocastanea – S. rugosula – S. sinuaticollis – S. striata – S. subcostata – S. sulcatopunctata – S. sylvatica – S. testacea – S. variegata – S. variolosa – S. vestita – S. viridis
Name

Sericoides Guérin-Méneville, 1839

Type species: Melolontha glacialis Fabricius, subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 50).
Synonyms

Macrosoma Hope, 1837 (praeocc. Macrosoma Hübner, 1818)
Type species: Melolontha glacialis Fabricius, by original designation
Listronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Type species: Listronyx nigriceps Guérin- Méneville, by monotypy.
Accia Curtis, 1844
Type species: Accia lucida Curtis, by monotypy.
Aplodema Blanchard, 1850 (synonymized by Smith 2008: 6)
Type species: Brachyphylla magellanica Blanchard, (by subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 58).
Maypa Blanchard, 1850
Type species: Maypa chlorosticta Blanchard, by monotypy
Haplodema Harold, 1869 (unjustified emendation of Aplodema Blanchard, synonymized by Smith 2008: 6)
Type species: Brachyphylla magellanica Blanchard, subsequent designation (Evans 2003: 58).
Apterodema Fairmaire, 1884
Type species: Apterodema acuticollis Fairmaire, by monotypy.
Paralistronyx Brenske, 1906
Type species: Listronyx livida Germain, by original designation.
Paramaypa Brenske, 1906
Type species: Macrosoma osornoana Brenske, 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]