Lichniinae

Lichniinae is a subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The subfamily consists of two genera and about six described species. Lichniinae is sometimes considered a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, Lichniini.[1][2][3][4]

Lichniinae
Lichnia limbata, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Lichniinae
Burmeister, 1844

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Lichniinae:

Genus Arctodium Burmeister, 1844
Arctodium discolor (Erichson, 1835) - Chile
Arctodium mahdii Hawkins, 2006 - Chile
Arctodium planum (Blanchard, 1850) - Chile
Arctodium vulpinum (Erichson, 1835) - Chile
Genus Lichnia Erichson, 1835
Lichnia gallardoi Gutiérrez, 1943 - Chile
Lichnia limbata Erichson, 1835 - Chile, Peru

References

  1. "Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  2. Mondaca, José (2023). "A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Chile with exemplar live-photographed". Zootaxa. 5285 (2). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5285.2.1.
  3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves (2020). "Additions and corrections to Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (922). doi:10.3897/zookeys.922.46367.
  4. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.


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