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Monkey Beetles
Hopliini
Monkey beetles are scarab beetles, a group of around 70 genera and 850 described species 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 to browse on the petals. The beetles are important pollinators of Aizoaceae and Asteraceae in grazed and ungrazed areas, as well as many others.
They tend to favor flowers of white, yellow, pink, orange, and blue pigments. They also tend to favor flowers of symmetrical, abstract patterns. Due to their pollination patterns, many plants evolved special features in order to attract monkey beetles, such as the Iridaceae which now have bright colors and symmetrical, unique patterns.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Hoplia
genusHoplia
Heterochelus
genusHeterochelus
Shaggy Monkey Beetles
genusAnisonyx
Oriental Monkey Beetles
genusEctinohoplia
Savanna Monkeybeetles
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 Monkeybeetles
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
Burmeistoplia
genusBurmeistoplia
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
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 489493.