Euchirini

Euchirini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia 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

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