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Cheirotonus
Cheirotonus is a genus of long-armed scarabs (subfamily Melolonthinae) with about 10 species with a distribution extending west along the Himalayas to Japan in the east. They live inside tree holes in montane forest and are attracted to lights. Males and females show differences in size and structure of the legs with males having elongated foretibiae. The pronotum is shiny green and the elytra are usually dark with orange patterning.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Formosan Long-armed Scarab
speciesCheirotonus formosanus
Cheirotonus jansoni
speciesCheirotonus jansoni
Cheirotonus gestroi
speciesCheirotonus gestroi
Macleay's Long-armed Chafer
speciesCheirotonus macleayi
Cheirotonus peracanus
speciesCheirotonus peracanus
Cheirotonus parryi
speciesCheirotonus parryi
Cheirotonus battareli
speciesCheirotonus battareli
Cheirotonus fujiokai
speciesCheirotonus fujiokai
Cheirotonus terunumai
speciesCheirotonus terunumai
Yanbaru Long-armed Scarab Beetle
speciesCheirotonus jambar
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 333489.