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Rhizotrogini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Rhizotrogidae was named by Burmeister (1855). It is extant. Its type is Rhizotrogus.

It was corrected as Rhizotrogina by Bouchard et al. (2011); it was reranked as the tribe Rhizotrogini by Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).

It was assigned to Melolonthini by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Melolonthinae by Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Rhizotrogina Bouchard et al. p. 252
2024Rhizotrogini Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyMelolonthinae()
tribeRhizotrogini()
tribeRhizotrogini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Rhizotrogini Burmeister 1855
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G. Holotrichia Hope 1837
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†Holotrichia cressona Zhang et al. 1994
†Holotrichia spatha Zhang 1989
G. Listrochelus Blanchard 1851
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†Listrochelus puerilis Wickham 1914
G. Phyllophaga Harris 1826
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†Phyllophaga avus Cockerell 1921
†Phyllophaga disrupta Cockerell 1927
†Phyllophaga extincta Wickham 1916
Invalid names: Lachnosterna Hope 1837 [synonym]
G. Rhizotrogus Latreille 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Sarmatian or 50.50000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Melolonthites avus (140187)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Utah) Melolonthites avus (116369)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Lachnosterna extincta (127617) Listrochelus puerilis (106384) Phyllophaga disrupta (124680)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Holotrichia cressona (138944) Holotrichia spatha (128550)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Rhizotrogus longimanus (115305)