Xiphoscelidini
| Xiphoscelidini | |
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| Xiphoscelis braunsi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Xiphoscelidini Burmeister, 1842 |
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Xiphoscelidini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae.[1] It was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842 (originally as family "Xiphoscelideae"), based on the type genus Xiphoscelis.[2]
Genera
[edit]The following genera are recognised in the tribe Xiphoscelidini:[1]
- Aporecolpa Lansberge, 1886
- Callophylla Moser, 1916
- Heteroclita Burmeister, 1842
- Ischnostomiella Krikken, 1978
- Meridioclita Krikken, 1982
- Myodermidius Bourgoin, 1920
- Neoclita Perissinotto, 2017
- Oroclita Krikken, 1982
- Plochiliana Ruter, 1978
- Protoclita Krikken, 1978
- Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842
- Scheinia Ruter, 1957
- Xiphoscelis Burmeister, 1842
- Xiphosceloides Holm, 1992
References
[edit]- 1 2 Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diplognathini at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
- ↑ Burmeister H (1842) Handbuch der Entomologie. Dritter Band. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Melitophila. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. xx + 826 + 1 pp [page 613].
External links
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