Gromphas

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: Scarabaeinae
Genus: Gromphas
Species (6): G. aeruginosa – G. amazonica – G. dichroa – G. inermis – G. jardim – G. lemoinei

Name

Gromphas Brullé, 1837

• Type species: Onitis aeruginosus Perty, 1830 by subsequent monotypy in Sturm, 1843: 108.

References

Primary references

• Dejean 1833: Catal. Coléopt., ed. 2, 143 [n.n.]; Brullé 1839, in Audouin & Brullé, H. N. Ins., 6 (2) (Col.), 304.

Additional references

• Cupello, M.; Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2013: Taxonomic revision of the South American dung beetle genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini: Gromphadina). Zootaxa 3722(4): 439–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.4.2 Reference page. 
• Cupello, M.; Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2014: Correction of the type species of the South American genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini). Zootaxa 3790(2): 399–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.7 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. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 27, 2017]