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Tribe of beetles

Oncerinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Oncerinae
LeConte, 1861

Oncerinae is a small subfamily of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are only two genera Oncerinae, each with a single species.

Oncerinae has been sometimes classified as a tribe of the subfamily Melolonthinae, "Oncerini".

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Oncerinae:

Genus Nefoncerus Saylor, 1938 - Neotropics
Nefoncerus convergens (Horn, 1894)
Genus Oncerus LeConte, 1856 - North America
Oncerus floralis LeConte, 1856

References

  1. "Oncerinae LeConte, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  2. Evans, Arthur V.; Smith, Andrew B.T. (2020). "On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889". Zootaxa. 4748 (1). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.1.3.
  3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Taxon identifiers
Oncerini


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