Subfamily of beetles
Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2][3] They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine.[4]
They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae as Tribe Euchirini.
Genera and species
This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:[5][6]
- Cheirotonus Hope, 1840 (10 species)
- Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
- Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
- Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
- Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
- Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
- Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
- Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
- Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
- Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
- Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
- Propomacrus Newman, 1837 (4 species)
- Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.[7]
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