Biology:Diplotaxini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Diplotaxini
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Diplotaxini
Kirby, 1837

Diplotaxini is a tribe in the May beetles and junebugs group, in the family Scarabaeidae. There is at least one genus and at least 150 described species in Diplotaxini.[1][2][3]

A genus of Diplotaxini is Diplotaxis Kirby, 1837.

References

Further reading

  • American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. 21 June 2002. 
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15139135 entry