Colpochila Erichson, 1843

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 : 149

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scientific name	Colpochila Erichson, 1843
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Colpochila Erichson, 1843 View in CoL

[135 species].

Type species Sericesthis gouldii Hope, 1842 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Aplonycha Boisduval, 1835 View in CoL .

Type species Melolontha obesa Boisduval, 1835 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Duponchel & Chevrolat (1841).

Synonymy by Britton (1986). Note: Blanchard (1850) incorrectly spelt Aplonycha View in CoL as “ Haplonycha View in CoL ”.

References

Blanchard, C. E. (1850) Catalogue des collections entomologiques du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris. Classe des Insectes, Ordre des Coleopteres I. Gide et Baudry, Paris, France, pp. 1-128.

Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de (1835) Voyage de decouvertes de l' Astrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Deuxieme Partie. Coleopteres et autres ordres. J. Tastu, Paris, France, vii + 716 pp.

Britton, E. B. (1986) A revision of theAustralian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 4. Tribe Liparetrini: Genus Colpochila. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 118, 1-135. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS118

Erichson, W. F. (1843) Bericht uber die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Insecten, Arachniden, Crustaceen u. Entomostraceen wahrend des Jahres 1842. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 9, 149-288.