Rutelini
Tribe of beetles
Rutelini is a tribe of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae . There are about 14 genera and at least 40 described species in Rutelini.
Subtribes and Genera
Subtribe Areodina Burmeister, 1844 (59 spp)
Areoda MacLeay, 1819 (3 spp)
Byrsopolis Burmeister, 1844 (13 spp)
Cotalpa Burmeister, 1844 (7 spp)
Moronius Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015 (2 spp)
Oplognathus MacLeay, 1819 (3 spp)
Parabyrsopolis Ohaus, 1915 (5 spp)
Parachrysina Bates, 1888 (6 spp)
Paracotalpa Ohaus, 1915 (6 spp)
Pseudocotalpa Hardy, 1971 (3 spp)
Viridimicus Jameson, 1990 (7 spp)
Xenoproctis Kolbe, 1896 (4 spp)
Subtribe Desmonychina Arrow, 1917 (1 spp)
Subtribe Didrepanephorina Ohaus, 1918 (18 spp)
Subtribe Heterosternina Bates, 1888 (20 spp)
Elcarmeniella Franz, 1955 (1 spp)
Heterosternus Dupont, 1832 (4 spp)
Homoiosternus Ohaus, 1901 (2 spp)
Macropoidelimus Morón, 1983 (1 spp)
Macropoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (3 spp)
Mesosternus Morón, 1987 (1 spp)
Paraheterosternus Morón, 1983 (1 spp)
Parisolea Bates, 1888 (3 spp)
Plesiosternus Morón, 1983 (2 spp)
Promacropoides Sigwalt, 1987 (2 spp)
Subtribe Lasiocalina Ohaus, 1918 (34 spp)
Subtribe Oryctomorphina Burmeister, 1847 (3 spp)
Subtribe Parastasiina Burmeister, 1844 (105 spp)
Subtribe Rutelina MacLeay, 1819 (982 spp)
Acraspedon Arrow, 1899 (5 spp)
Aequatoria Arrow, 1899 (11 spp)
Anticheira Eschscholtz, 1818 (4 spp)
Anticheiroides Soula, 1998 (12 spp)
Badiasis Machatschke, 1970 (3 spp)
Calomacraspis Bates, 1888 (3 spp)
Catoclastus Solier, 1851 (1 spp)
Ceroplophana Gestro, 1893 (2 spp)
Chalcentis Burmeister, 1844 (2 spp)
Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844 (1 spp)
Chipita Soula, 2008 (1 spp)
Chlorota Burmeister, 1844 (39 spp)
Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (131 spp)
Chrysophora Dejean, 1821 (1 spp)
Chuchina Soula, 2005 (1 spp)
Cnemida Kirby, 1827 (8 spp)
Crathoplus Blanchard, 1851 (1 spp)
Cyphelytra Waterhouse, 1875 (1 spp)
Dicaulocephalus Gestro, 1888 (4 spp)
Dorysthetus Blanchard, 1845 (28 spp)
Ectinoplectron Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
Epichalcoplethis Bates, 1904 (15 spp)
Eremophygus Ohaus, 1910 (2 spp)
Exanticheira Soula, 1998 (4 spp)
Exochlorota Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
Exoptenomela Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
Exothyridium Soula, 2002 (7 spp)
Fruhstorferia Kolbe, 1894 (9 spp)
Heterochlorota Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
Homonyx Guérin-Méneville, 1839 (19 spp)
Homothermon Ohaus, 1898 (4 spp)
Hoplopelidnota Bates, 1904 (1 spp)
Hypaspidius Arrow, 1899 (9 spp)
Kibakoganea Nagai, 1984 (17 spp)
Lagochile Hoffmannsegg, 1817 (72 spp)
Lutera Westwood, 1875 (7 spp)
Macraspis MacLeay, 1819 (71 spp)
Masumotokoganea Hirasawa, 1992 (1 spp)
Mecopelidnota Bates, 1904 (9 spp)
Mesomerodon Ohaus, 1905 (3 spp)
Metapachylus Bates, 1889 (1 spp)
Microrutela Bates, 1904 (7 spp)
Minidorysthetus Soula, 1998 (13 spp)
Mucama Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
Nagainokoganea Hirasawa, 1992 (1 spp)
Neogutierrezia Martinez, 1953 (10 spp)
Oogenius Solier, 1851 (7 spp)
Pachacama Soula, 2006 (1 spp)
Parachlorota Soula, 2002 (10 spp)
Paradorysthetus Soula, 1998 (2 spp)
Paramacraspis Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
Paraptenomela Soula, 2002 (7 spp)
Paratelaugis Ohaus, 1915 (6 spp)
Parathyridium Ohaus, 1915 (4 spp)
Parhomonyx Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
Parhoplognathus Ohaus, 1915 (5 spp)
Patatra Soula, 2008 (1 spp)
Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819 (191 spp)
†Pelidnotites Cockerell, 1920 (1 spp)
Peperonota Westwood, 1847 (3 spp)
Peruquime Mondaca & Valencia, 2016 (2 spp)
†Petulantis Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994 (1 spp)
Pichica Soula, 2002 (1 spp)
Platyrutela Bates, 1888 (2 spp)
Plesiorutela Jameson, 1997 (1 spp)
Pseudoanticheiroides Soula, 1998 (2 spp)
Pseudodorysthetus Soula, 1998 (1 spp)
Pseudogeniates Ohaus, 1910 (3 spp)
Pseudohypaspidius Soula, 1998 (11 spp)
Pseudomacraspis Ohaus, 1903 (5 spp)
Pseudoptenomela Soula, 2002 (3 spp)
Pseudothyridium Soula, 2002 (40 spp)
Ptenomela Bates, 1888 (25 spp)
Pukupuku Muramoto, 2006 (3 spp)
Rutela Latreille, 1802 (17 spp)
Rutelarcha Waterhouse, 1874 (2 spp)
Rutelisca Bates, 1888 (2 spp)
Sorocha Soula, 2006 (20 spp)
Sphaerorutela Jameson, 1997 (4 spp)
Telaugis Burmeister, 1844 (1 spp)
Theuremaripa Soula, 2006 (8 spp)
Thyridium Burmeister, 1844 (6 spp)
Thyriochlorota Ohaus, 1915 (20 spp)
Tipicha Soula, 2002 (3 spp)
Vayana Ohaus, 1915 (3 spp)
Xenochlorota Soula, 2002 (1 spp)
Xenopelidnota Bates, 1904 (4 spp)
†Zhangsunia Krell, 2000 (1 spp)
Further reading
Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea . CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico . CRC Press.
White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles . Houghton Mifflin Company.
Moore, MR; Jameson, ML; Garner, BH; Audibert, C; Smith, ABT; Seidel, M (2017). "Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies" . ZooKeys (666): 1– 349. doi :10.3897/zookeys.666.9191 . PMC 5534527 . PMID 28769631 .