Sparrmannia (beetle)

Sparrmannia is a genus of scarab beetles belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae. Though the name was originally spelled as Sparmannia, a subsequent emendation of this spelling is in prevailing usage and therefore conserved under ICZN Article 23.9.1.[1]

Sparrmannia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Tanyproctini
Genus: Sparrmannia
Laporte, 1840
Synonyms
  • Leocaeta Dejean 1833 (Nom. Obl.)
  • Lagosterna Dejean 1833 (Nom. Nud.)
  • Cephalotrichia Hope 1837 (Nom. Obl.)
  • Sparmannia Laporte, 1840 (Orig. Missp.)
  • Leontochaeta Erichson, 1847
  • Sparrmannia Gemminger & Harold, 1869 Emend.

Species

  • Sparrmannia acicularis Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia alopex (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Sparrmannia angola Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia bechuana Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia boschimana Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia capicola Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia dekindti Nonfried, 1906
  • Sparrmannia discrepans Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia distincta Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia falcata Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia flava Arrow, 1917
  • Sparrmannia flavofasciata (Burmeister, 1855)
  • Sparrmannia fusciventris (Boheman, 1857)
  • Sparrmannia gonaqua Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia namaqua Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia namibia Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia obscura Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia peringueyi Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia prieska Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia pseudotransvaalica Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia similis Arrow, 1917
  • Sparrmannia transvaalica Peringuey, 1904
  • Sparrmannia tridactyla Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia ursina Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia vicina Evans, 1989
  • Sparrmannia werneri Lacroix, 2004

References

  1. Evans, A.V. (1989) Revision of the genus Sparrmannia Laporte (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae). J. Ent. Soc. S. Afr. 50: 11-44


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