Melolonthini
Sign in to savethumb|Polyphylla occidentalis Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
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thumb|Polyphylla occidentalis Melolonthini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are over 250 genera in Melolonthini, occurring worldwide; there are over 300 species in North America alone, and more than 3000 worldwide.
==Selected genera== Amblonoxia Reitter, 1902 (dusty June beetles) Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (European chafers) Anoxia Laporte, 1832 Brahmina Blanchard, 1850 Dinacoma Casey, 1889 Fossocarus Howden, 1961 Gronocarus Howden, 1968 Holotrichia Hope, 1837 Hypotrichia LeConte, 1861 Lasiopsis Erichson, 1847 Lepidiota Kirby, 1828 Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855 Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (cockchafers) Miridiba Reitter, 1901 Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (May beetles) Plectrodes Horn, 1867 Polyphylla Harris, 1841 (lined June beetles) Rhizotrogus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 Thyce LeConte, 1856