Chironinae

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][7][8][9][10]

Chironinae
Chironinae, Botswana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Chironinae
Blanchard, 1845

Genera and Species

The following genera and species are included in Chironidae:[11]

Genus Amphiceratodon Huchet, 2000
Amphiceratodon argonautes Huchet, 2002 - Africa
Amphiceratodon arrowi Huchet, 2002 - Africa
Amphiceratodon capensis (Hope, 1845) - Africa
Amphiceratodon karooensis Huchet, 2002
Genus Chiron MacLeay, 1819
Chiron aberlenci Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron assamensis Hope, 1845 - India
Chiron bartolozzii Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798) - Palaearctic, Indomalaya
Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020 - Africa
Chiron hovanus Fairmaire, 1901 - Madagascar
Chiron kelleri Fairmaire, 1893 - Somalia
Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron massaicus Huchet, 2019 - Africa
Chiron oddurensis Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
Chiron senegalensis Hope, 1845 - Senegal
Chiron stuempkei Huchet, 2019 - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda
Chiron volvulus Klug, 1855 - Mozambique
Genus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
Subgenus Amaecylius Huchet, 2000 - Africa, Madagascar
Theotimius angolensis Huchet, 2004 - Angola
Theotimius gravis (Péringuey, 1901) - Lesotho
Theotimius laevicollis (Arrow, 1936) - Kenya
Theotimius macleayi Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
Theotimius mahafalensis (Paulian, 1976) - Madagascar
Theotimius patrizii (Boucomont, 1923) - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
Theotimius pauliani Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
Theotimius rhodesianus (Arrow, 1936) - Zambia, Mozambique
Subgenus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
Theotimius grandis (Gory, 1838) - Africa

References
Wikispecies has information related to Chironinae.
  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 Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  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.
  7. Huchet J.-B. (2019a). – Quatre nouvelles espèces du genre Chiron MacLeay, 1819 de la région afrotropicale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(11) : 157-178.
  8. Huchet J.-B. (2019b). – Un nouveau Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(13) : 185-192.
  9. Huchet J.-B. (2019c). – Trois nouveaux Chiron MacLeay, 1819 d’Afrique orientale (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Coléoptères 25(16) : 213-224.
  10. Huchet J.-B., (2020). – Chiron elegans, nouvelle espèce d’Afrique subsaharienne (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea : Chironidae). Faunitaxys 8(9) : 1-3.
  11. "Chironinae Blanchard, 1845". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-25.


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