Chironinae

Chironinae
Chiron volvulus Klug, Botswana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Chironinae
Blanchard, 1845

Chironidae is a family of beetles belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Chironidae are primitive looking scarab beetles that occur in Africa, Asia (predominantly India) and Madagascar.

Genera and species

The following genera and species are included in Chironidae:

Genus Amphiceratodon Huchet, 2000
Amphiceratodon argonautes Huchet, 2002 - Africa
Amphiceratodon arrowi Huchet, 2002 - Africa
Amphiceratodon capensis (Hope, 1845) - Africa
Amphiceratodon karooensis Huchet, 2002
Genus Chiron MacLeay, 1819
Chiron aberlenci Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron assamensis Hope, 1845 - India
Chiron bartolozzii Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798) - Palaearctic, Indomalaya
Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020 - Africa
Chiron hovanus Fairmaire, 1901 - Madagascar
Chiron kelleri Fairmaire, 1893 - Somalia
Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron massaicus Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron oddurensis Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
Chiron senegalensis Hope, 1845 - Senegal
Chiron stuempkei Huchet, 2019 - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda
Chiron vignei Huchet, 2025 - Tanzania
Chiron volvulus Klug, 1855 - Mozambique
Genus Theotimius Huchet, 2000
Subgenus Amaecylius Huchet, 2000 - Africa, Madagascar
Theotimius angolensis Huchet, 2004 - Angola
Theotimius gravis (Péringuey, 1901) - Lesotho
Theotimius laevicollis (Arrow, 1936) - Kenya
Theotimius macleayi Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
Theotimius mahafalensis (Paulian, 1976) - Madagascar
Theotimius patrizii (Boucomont, 1923) - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
Theotimius pauliani Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
Theotimius rhodesianus (Arrow, 1936) - Zambia, Mozambique
Subgenus Theotimius Huchet, 2000
Theotimius grandis (Gory, 1838) - Sahelian Africa

References

  1. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2000). – Scission du genre Chiron Mac Leay, 1819 et description de deux nouveaux genres de Chironidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 36(1): 3–28.
  2. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2002). – Révision du genre Amphiceratodon Huchet 2000 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Chironidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 107(1): 61-78.
  3. ↑ Huchet J.-B., Lumaret J.-P. (2002). – The larva of Chiron senegalensis Hope & Westwood, 1845 and comments on relationships with other Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera : Chironidae). European Journal of Entomology 99(3): 363-372.
  4. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2003). – Insectes Coléoptères Chironidae. Faune de Madagascar 90: 91 p. http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/faunemad/fm90.html Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2004). – Révision du genre Theotimius Huchet, 2000 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Chironidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 40(1): 3-21.
  6. ↑ Smith, Andrew B. T. "Book Review: Insecta Coleoptera Chironidae (Huchet, J.B. 2003)" (2003) Papers in Entomology, 119.
  7. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2019a). – Quatre nouvelles espèces du genre Chiron MacLeay, 1819 de la région afrotropicale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(11) : 157-178.
  8. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2019b). – Un nouveau Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(13) : 185-192.
  9. ↑ Huchet J.-B. (2019c). – Trois nouveaux Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique orientale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(16) : 213-224.
  10. ↑ Huchet J.-B., (2020). – Chiron elegans, nouvelle espèce d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Faunitaxys 8(9) : 1-3.
  11. ↑ Huchet J.-B., (2025). – New Taxonomic Data on African Chironidae: Description of Chiron vignei n. sp. from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Zootaxa 5693(2): 261–271.
  12. ↑ "Chironinae Blanchard, 1845". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-25.