Chironinae

Chironinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chironidae Blanchard, 1845
Genera

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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The following genera are included in Chironidae:

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
  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.
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