Lichniinae
| Lichniinae | |
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| Lichnia limbata, Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844 |
Lichniinae is a subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The subfamily consists of two genera and about six described species.[1][2] Lichniinae is sometimes considered a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, Lichniini.[1][3][4]
Genera
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "Lichniinae Burmeister, 1844". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Mondaca, José (2023). "A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Chile with exemplar live-photographed". Zootaxa. 5285 (2): 201–251. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5285.2.1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves (2020). "Additions and corrections to Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (922): 65–139. doi:10.3897/zookeys.922.46367. PMC 7113323.
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