Tribe Macrodactylini Kirby 1837 (scarab beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Alternative spelling: Macrodactylidae
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, Diplotaxini, Eophyllocerus, Euchirini, Hopliini, Melolonthini, Rhizotrogini
Subtaxa: Macrodactylus
Type: Macrodactylus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence