Heteronyx

This article is about a genus of scarab beetles. For a name used formerly to describe a genus of birds, see Heteromirafra. For a genus of spider wasps, see Pompilinae.

Heteronyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Genus: Heteronyx
Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Heteronyx is a genus of beetles in the family Melolonthidae found in Australia, Melanesia and South America.[1][2]

Over three hundred species have been described in the genus Heteronyx, including:

References

  1. ^ Britton, E. B. (2000). "A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate taxonomy". Invertebrate Systematics. 14 (4): 465. doi:10.1071/IT98009. ISSN 1445-5226.
  2. ^ Williams, Geoff (2002). "A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Invertebrates of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia (CERRA) World Heritage Area, and Adjacent Regions" (PDF). Technical Reports of the Australian Museum. 16: 26–27.
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