Schizonycha Dejean, 1833

Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Megataxa 12 (1), pp. 104-175 : 134

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scientific name	Schizonycha Dejean, 1833
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Schizonycha Dejean, 1833 View in CoL

[336 species and 4 additional subspecies].

Type species Scarabaeus globator Fabricius, 1781 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Pope (1960).

Lepesmonyx Paulian, 1991 View in CoL .

Type species Lepesmonyx canala, Paulian, 1991 View in CoL , by original designation. Synonymy by Keith (2007b).

Schizonycha (Etischiza) Brenske, 1898b View in CoL , as Etischiza.

Type species Schizonycha heudelotii Blanchard, 1851 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Status revised to Schizonycha (Etischiza) View in CoL by Burgeon (1946b).

References

Blanchard, C. E. (1851) Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coleopteres I. Gide et Baudry, Paris, France, pp. 129-240.

Brenske, E. (1898 b) Melolonthiden aus Afrika. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 59, 333-394.

Burgeon, L. (1946 b) Melolonthini et Pachydemini du Congo belge (suite) (Coleopt. Scarab. Melolonthinae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africains, 39, 339-366.

Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1833) Catalogue des Coleopteres de la Collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Mequignon-Marvis, Paris, France, 176 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8771

Keith, D. (2007 b) Sur l'identite du genre Lepesmonyx Paulian, 1991. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 112, 480. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.2007.16471

Paulian, R. (1991) Les coleopteres Scarabaeoidea de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Collection Faune Tropicale, Volume 29. Editions de l'Orstom, Paris, France, 164 pp.

Pope, R. D. (1960) A revision of the species of Schizonycha Dejean (Col: Melolonthidae) from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 9, 65-219. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.27552