Euchirinae

Euchirinae
Male Cheirotonus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae as Tribe Euchirini.

Genera and species

This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:[5][6]

  • Cheirotonus Hope, 1840 (10 species)
    • Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
    • Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
    • Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
    • Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
    • Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
    • Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
    • Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
    • Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
    • Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
    • Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
  • Propomacrus Newman, 1837 (4 species)

In this genus, males have the foretibia lined on the inside with dense golden hair-like structures. Species are known from Iran, Greece and southeastern China.

    • Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
    • Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris 2002
    • Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
    • Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007
  • Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
    • Euchirus dupontianus Burmeister, 1841
    • Euchirus longimanus Linnaeus, 1758

One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  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
  7. ↑ Ueda, Kyoichiro (1989). "A Miocene fossil of long-armed scarabaeid beetle from Tottori, Japan" (PDF). Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 105–110.


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