Hopliini {tribe} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae; Melolonthinae;

Genera (19)
  1. Amorphochelus [114]
  2. Ceratochelus [2]
  3. Congella [2]
  4. Cylichnus [2]
  5. Dolichoplia [1]
  6. Echyra [1]
  7. Eriesthis [5]
  8. Gymnoloma [1]
  9. Heterochelus [8]
  10. Hoplia [269]
  11. Lepithrix [1]
  12. Michaeloplia [3]
  13. Microplus [1]
  14. Monochelus [2]
  15. Omocrates [1]
  16. Pachycnema [1]
  17. Paramorphochelus [2]
  18. Peritrichia [1]
  19. Scelophysa [1]

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 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 that attracted monkey beetles, such as the Iridaceae which now have bright colors and symmetrical, unique patterns. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records: 419 Public Records: 334
Specimens with Sequences: 301 Public Species: 68
Specimens with Barcodes: 119 Public BINs: 0
Species: 69          
Species With Barcodes: 16          
           

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images representing subtaxa of Hopliini
(Amorphochelus - MGAU04772_0101) @11 [ ] cc-by-nc-sa (2024) Unspecified PVBMT Research Unit, University of Reunion, CIRAD (Heterochelus - GRN4_A1) @11 [ ] by-sa (2022) Unspecified South African National Biodiversity Institute (Hoplia - CCDB-23522-A03) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Hoplia)
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CCDB-23522-A03
  License:
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CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics




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