Euchirinae

Euchirinae
Male Cheirotonus macleayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Euchirinae
Hope, 1840
Diversity
3 genera, 16 species
Synonyms

Euchirini

Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. 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.

They are sometimes included in subfamily Melolonthinae as tribe Euchirini.

Genera and species

This subfamily contains 3 genera with 14 species: A 2024 study demonstrated that the name Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007 was based on a specimen of P. bimucronatus that had been deliberately altered to change its appearance.

One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.

References

  1. ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results". Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Euchirinae - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2014-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ Lee, Seunghyun; Hwang, Seulmaro; Lee, Minhyeuk; Seung, Jinbae; Choi, Woong; Bai, Ming (2024-07-08). "DNA barcoding reveals a taxonomic fraud: Note on validity of Propomacrus muramotoae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)". ZooKeys (1206): 181–190. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1206..181L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1206.124932. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 11249845. PMID 39015529.
  8. ↑ Ueda, Kyoichiro (1989). "A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan" (PDF). Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 105–110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2012-07-06.