Geniatini

Geniatini
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Rutelinae
Tribe:
Burmeister, 1844

Geniatini is a tribe of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 10-13 genera and at over 300 described species in Rutelini.[1]

Genera

  • Bolax Fischer von Waldheim, 1829
  • Eunanus Ohaus, 1909
  • Evanos Laporte, 1840
  • Geniates Kirby, 1808
  • Geniatosoma Costa Lima, 1940
  • Heterogeniates Ohaus, 1909
  • Leucothyreus MacLeay, 1819
  • Lobogeniates Ohaus, 1917
  • Microchilus Blanchard, 1951
  • Mimogeniates Martínez, 1964
  • Rhizogeniates Ohaus, 1909
  • Trizogeniates Ohaus, 1917
  • Xenogeniates Villatoro and Jameson, 2001

References

  1. ^ "Geniatini Burmeister, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-10.

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.