Chironinae
Chironinae is a subfamily of beetles belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Chironinae are primitive looking scarab beetles that occur in Africa, Asia (predominantly India) and Madagascar.
| Chironinae | |
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| Chironinae, Botswana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironinae Blanchard, 1845 |
Genera and species
The following genera and species are included in Chironinae:
- Genus Amphiceratodon Huchet, 2000
- Amphiceratodon argonautes Huchet, 2002 - Africa
- Amphiceratodon arrowi Huchet, 2002 - Africa
- Amphiceratodon capensis (Hope, 1845) - Africa
- Amphiceratodon karooensis Huchet, 2002
- Genus Chiron MacLeay, 1819
- Chiron aberlenci Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron assamensis Hope, 1845 - India
- Chiron bartolozzii Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
- Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798) - Palaearctic, Indomalaya
- Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020 - Africa
- Chiron hovanus Fairmaire, 1901 - Madagascar
- Chiron kelleri Fairmaire, 1893 - Somalia
- Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron massaicus Huchet, 2019 - Africa
- Chiron oddurensis Huchet, 2019 - Somalia
- Chiron senegalensis Hope, 1845 - Senegal
- Chiron stuempkei Huchet, 2019 - Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda
- Chiron volvulus Klug, 1855 - Mozambique
- Genus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
- Subgenus Amaecylius Huchet, 2000 - Africa, Madagascar
- Theotimius angolensis Huchet, 2004 - Angola
- Theotimius gravis (Péringuey, 1901) - Lesotho
- Theotimius laevicollis (Arrow, 1936) - Kenya
- Theotimius macleayi Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
- Theotimius mahafalensis (Paulian, 1976) - Madagascar
- Theotimius patrizii (Boucomont, 1923) - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Theotimius pauliani Huchet, 2003 - Madagascar
- Theotimius rhodesianus (Arrow, 1936) - Zambia, Mozambique
- Subgenus Theotimius Huchet, 2000 - Madagascar
- Theotimius grandis (Gory, 1838) - Africa
References
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