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Monkey Beetles
Hopliini
Monkey beetles are scarab beetles, a group of several genera within the tribe Hopliini. The placement of this tribe within the family Scarabaeidae is uncertain between Melolonthinae and Rutelinae. Many species visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or browse on the petals.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Hoplia
genusHoplia

Heterochelus
genusHeterochelus

Shaggy Monkey Beetles
genusAnisonyx

Oriental Monkey Beetles
genusEctinohoplia

Savanna Monkey Beetles
genusEriesthis

Spider Monkey Beetles
genusLepithrix

Peritrichia
genusPeritrichia

Pachycnema
genusPachycnema

Scelophysa
genusScelophysa

Lepisia
genusLepisia

Sceloclania
genusSceloclania

Congella
genusCongella

Khoina
genusKhoina

Monochelus
genusMonochelus

Platychelus
genusPlatychelus

Leptocnemis
genusLeptocnemis

Amorphochelus
genusAmorphochelus

Hunchback Monkey Beetles
genusDicranocnemus

Chasme
genusChasme

Denticnema
genusDenticnema

Dichelus
genusDichelus

Mauromecistoplia
genusMauromecistoplia

Hoplocnemis
genusHoplocnemis

Kubousa
genusKubousa

Humpback Monkey Beetles
genusGoniaspidius

Diaplochelus
genusDiaplochelus

Hopleidos
genusHopleidos

Anisochelus
genusAnisochelus

Amblymelanoplia
genusAmblymelanoplia

Stigmatoplia
genusStigmatoplia

Inanda
genusInanda

Knysna
genusKnysna

Bizanus
genusBizanus

Gymnoloma
genusGymnoloma
Rabula
genusRabula
Toxocnemis
genusToxocnemis
Coega
genusCoega
Dentiheterochelus
genusDentiheterochelus
Gouna
genusGouna
Harpina
genusHarpina
Idutywa
genusIdutywa
Microplus
genusMicroplus
Nanniscus
genusNanniscus
Nigroplia
genusNigroplia
Outeniqua
genusOuteniqua
Pachycnemida
genusPachycnemida
Paraceratochelus
genusParaceratochelus
Macroplia
genusMacroplia
Pseudouteniqua
genusPseudouteniqua
Lepitrichula
genusLepitrichula
Argoplia
genusArgoplia
Rectoscutaria
genusRectoscutaria
Omocrates
genusOmocrates
Scelidothrix
genusScelidothrix
Omocnemus
genusOmocnemus
Korisaba
genusKorisaba
Beckhoplia
genusBeckhoplia
Dolichiomicroscelis
genusDolichiomicroscelis
Cylichnus
genusCylichnus
Thabina
genusThabina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Hopliini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489493.