Oncerinae

Oncerinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Oncerinae; LeConte, 1861

Oncerinae is a small subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are only two genera Oncerinae, each with a single species.[1][2]

Oncerinae has been sometimes classified as a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, "Oncerini".[3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Oncerinae:

Genus Nefoncerus Saylor, 1938 - Neotropics: Nefoncerus convergens (Horn, 1894)
Genus Oncerus LeConte, 1856 - North America: Oncerus floralis LeConte, 1856

References

"Oncerinae LeConte, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
Evans, Arthur V.; Smith, Andrew B.T. (2020). "On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889". Zootaxa. 4748 (1). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.1.3.
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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[catlife-1] "Oncerinae LeConte, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.

[Evans2020-2] Evans, Arthur V.; Smith, Andrew B.T. (2020). "On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889". Zootaxa. 4748 (1). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.1.3.

[Bouchard2011-3] 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.