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Rutelini
	Chrysina sp. Ex coll. Felix Stumpe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Rutelinae
Tribe:	Rutelini; MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms
	Fruhstorferiina Ohaus, 1918; Anticheirina Lacordaire, 1855; Pelidnotina Burmeister, 1844;

Rutelini is a tribe of shining leaf chafers in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 14 genera and at least 40 described species in Rutelini.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Subtribes and Genera

Subtribe Areodina Burmeister, 1844 (59 spp)
- Areoda MacLeay, 1819 (3 spp)
- Byrsopolis Burmeister, 1844 (13 spp)
- Cotalpa Burmeister, 1844 (7 spp)
- Moronius Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello, 2015 (2 spp)
- Oplognathus MacLeay, 1819 (3 spp)
- Parabyrsopolis Ohaus, 1915 (5 spp)
- Parachrysina Bates, 1888 (6 spp)
- Paracotalpa Ohaus, 1915 (6 spp)
- Pseudocotalpa Hardy, 1971 (3 spp)
- Viridimicus Jameson, 1990 (7 spp)
- Xenoproctis Kolbe, 1896 (4 spp)
Subtribe Desmonychina Arrow, 1917 (1 spp)
- Desmonyx Arrow, 1907 (1 spp)
Subtribe Didrepanephorina Ohaus, 1918 (18 spp)
- Didrepanephorus Wood-mason, 1878 (18 spp)
Subtribe Heterosternina Bates, 1888 (20 spp)
- Elcarmeniella Franz, 1955 (1 spp)
- Heterosternus Dupont, 1832 (4 spp)
- Homoiosternus Ohaus, 1901 (2 spp)
- Macropoidelimus Morón, 1983 (1 spp)
- Macropoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (3 spp)
- Mesosternus Morón, 1987 (1 spp)
- Paraheterosternus Morón, 1983 (1 spp)
- Parisolea Bates, 1888 (3 spp)
- Plesiosternus Morón, 1983 (2 spp)
- Promacropoides Sigwalt, 1987 (2 spp)
Subtribe Lasiocalina Ohaus, 1918 (34 spp)
- Homeochlorota Soula, 2006 (1 spp)
- Lasiocala Blanchard, 1851 (24 spp)
- Microogenius Gutiérrez, 1951 (7 spp)
- Pseudochlorota Ohaus, 1905 (2 spp)
Subtribe Oryctomorphina Burmeister, 1847 (3 spp)
- Oryctomorphus Guérin-Méneville, 1830 (3 spp)
Subtribe Parastasiina Burmeister, 1844 (105 spp)
- Parastasia Westwood, 1841 (105 spp)
Subtribe Rutelina MacLeay, 1819 (982 spp)
- Acraspedon Arrow, 1899 (5 spp)
- Aequatoria Arrow, 1899 (11 spp)
- Anticheira Eschscholtz, 1818 (4 spp)
- Anticheiroides Soula, 1998 (12 spp)
- Badiasis Machatschke, 1970 (3 spp)
- Calomacraspis Bates, 1888 (3 spp)
- Catoclastus Solier, 1851 (1 spp)
- Ceroplophana Gestro, 1893 (2 spp)
- Chalcentis Burmeister, 1844 (2 spp)
- Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844 (1 spp)
- Chipita Soula, 2008 (1 spp)
- Chlorota Burmeister, 1844 (39 spp)
- Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (131 spp)
- Chrysophora Dejean, 1821 (1 spp)
- Chuchina Soula, 2005 (1 spp)
- Cnemida Kirby, 1827 (8 spp)
- Crathoplus Blanchard, 1851 (1 spp)
- Cyphelytra Waterhouse, 1875 (1 spp)
- Dicaulocephalus Gestro, 1888 (4 spp)
- Dorysthetus Blanchard, 1845 (28 spp)
- Ectinoplectron Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
- Epichalcoplethis Bates, 1904 (15 spp)
- Eremophygus Ohaus, 1910 (2 spp)
- Exanticheira Soula, 1998 (4 spp)
- Exochlorota Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
- Exoptenomela Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
- Exothyridium Soula, 2002 (7 spp)
- Fruhstorferia Kolbe, 1894 (9 spp)
- Heterochlorota Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
- Homonyx Guérin-Méneville, 1839 (19 spp)
- Homothermon Ohaus, 1898 (4 spp)
- Hoplopelidnota Bates, 1904 (1 spp)
- Hypaspidius Arrow, 1899 (9 spp)
- Kibakoganea Nagai, 1984 (17 spp)
- Lagochile Hoffmannsegg, 1817 (72 spp)
- Lutera Westwood, 1875 (7 spp)
- Macraspis MacLeay, 1819 (71 spp)
- Masumotokoganea Hirasawa, 1992 (1 spp)
- Mecopelidnota Bates, 1904 (9 spp)
- Mesomerodon Ohaus, 1905 (3 spp)
- Metapachylus Bates, 1889 (1 spp)
- Microrutela Bates, 1904 (7 spp)
- Minidorysthetus Soula, 1998 (13 spp)
- Mucama Soula, 2002 (2 spp)
- Nagainokoganea Hirasawa, 1992 (1 spp)
- Neogutierrezia Martinez, 1953 (10 spp)
- Oogenius Solier, 1851 (7 spp)
- Pachacama Soula, 2006 (1 spp)
- Parachlorota Soula, 2002 (10 spp)
- Paradorysthetus Soula, 1998 (2 spp)
- Paramacraspis Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
- Paraptenomela Soula, 2002 (7 spp)
- Paratelaugis Ohaus, 1915 (6 spp)
- Parathyridium Ohaus, 1915 (4 spp)
- Parhomonyx Ohaus, 1915 (1 spp)
- Parhoplognathus Ohaus, 1915 (5 spp)
- Patatra Soula, 2008 (1 spp)
- Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819 (191 spp)
- †Pelidnotites Cockerell, 1920 (1 spp)
- Peperonota Westwood, 1847 (3 spp)
- Peruquime Mondaca & Valencia, 2016 (2 spp)
- †Petulantis Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994 (1 spp)
- Pichica Soula, 2002 (1 spp)
- Platyrutela Bates, 1888 (2 spp)
- Plesiorutela Jameson, 1997 (1 spp)
- Pseudoanticheiroides Soula, 1998 (2 spp)
- Pseudodorysthetus Soula, 1998 (1 spp)
- Pseudogeniates Ohaus, 1910 (3 spp)
- Pseudohypaspidius Soula, 1998 (11 spp)
- Pseudomacraspis Ohaus, 1903 (5 spp)
- Pseudoptenomela Soula, 2002 (3 spp)
- Pseudothyridium Soula, 2002 (40 spp)
- Ptenomela Bates, 1888 (25 spp)
- Pukupuku Muramoto, 2006 (3 spp)
- Rutela Latreille, 1802 (17 spp)
- Rutelarcha Waterhouse, 1874 (2 spp)
- Rutelisca Bates, 1888 (2 spp)
- Sorocha Soula, 2006 (20 spp)
- Sphaerorutela Jameson, 1997 (4 spp)
- Telaugis Burmeister, 1844 (1 spp)
- Theuremaripa Soula, 2006 (8 spp)
- Thyridium Burmeister, 1844 (6 spp)
- Thyriochlorota Ohaus, 1915 (20 spp)
- Tipicha Soula, 2002 (3 spp)
- Vayana Ohaus, 1915 (3 spp)
- Xenochlorota Soula, 2002 (1 spp)
- Xenopelidnota Bates, 1904 (4 spp)
- †Zhangsunia Krell, 2000 (1 spp)

References

↑ "Rutelini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
↑ "Rutelini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
↑ "Rutelini Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

Subtribes and Genera

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