Tribe Diplotaxini Kirby 1837 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative spelling: Diplotaxidae

Full reference: W. Kirby. 1837. The insects. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions, under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N 4:1-325

Parent taxon: Melolonthinae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2024

See also Bouchard et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Cretomelolonthini, Eophyllocerus, Euchirini, Hopliini, Macrodactylini, Melolonthini, Rhizotrogini

Subtaxa: Diplotaxis

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Type: Diplotaxis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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