Tribe Rhizotrogini Burmeister 1855 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative spellings: Rhizotrogidae, Rhizotrogina

Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band, Besondere Entomologie, Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga Chaenochela 1-569

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, Macrodactylini, Melolonthini

Subtaxa: Holotrichia Listrochelus Phyllophaga Rhizotrogus

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Type: Rhizotrogus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (2 collections), Germany (1)

• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Utah)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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