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 |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Genus: | Heteronyx |
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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