Biology:Euchirinae

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Short description: Subfamily of beetles

Euchirinae
Cheirotonus macleayiMale.JPG
Male Cheirotonus sp.
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Euchirinae

Hope, 1840
Diversity
3 genera, 16 species
Synonyms

Euchirini

Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2][3] They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine.[4]

They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae as Tribe Euchirini.

Genera and species

This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:[5][6]

  • Cheirotonus Hope, 1840 (10 species)
    • Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
    • Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
    • Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
    • Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
    • Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
    • Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
    • Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
    • Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
    • Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
    • Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
  • Propomacrus Newman, 1837 (4 species)
    • Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
    • Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris 2002
    • Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
    • Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007
  • Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
    • Euchirus dupontianus Burmeister, 1841
    • Euchirus longimanus Linnaeus, 1758

One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.[7]

References

  1. "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20090312100559/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  2. "Euchirinae - Nomen.at - animals and plants". http://nomen.at/Euchirinae. 
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053. Retrieved 2014-04-21. 
  4. Young, RM (1989). "Euchirinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the World: Distribution and Taxonomy". The Coleopterists Bulletin 43 (3): 205–236. 
  5. The Scarabs of Lavrnt
  6. Euchiridae[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  7. Ueda, Kyoichiro (1989). "A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan". Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 105–110. http://www.kmnh.jp/publication/ronbun_pdf/9-105-E-Ueda.pdf. Retrieved 2012-07-06. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1932883 entry