Biology:Oncerinae

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Oncerinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Oncerinae
LeConte, 1861

Oncerinae is a small subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are only two genera Oncerinae, each with a single species.[1][2]

Oncerinae has been sometimes classified as a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, "Oncerini".[3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Oncerinae:

Genus Nefoncerus Saylor, 1938 - Neotropics
Nefoncerus convergens (Horn, 1894)
Genus Oncerus LeConte, 1856 - North America
Oncerus floralis LeConte, 1856

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15104183 entry