Euchirinae
Euchirinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine.
They are sometimes included in Subfamily Melolonthinae as Tribe Euchirini.Genera and species
This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:
- Cheirotonus Hope, 1840
- * Cheirotonus battareli Pouillaude, 1913
- * Cheirotonus formosanus Ohaus, 1913
- * Cheirotonus fujiokai Muramoto, 1994
- * Cheirotonus gestroi Pouillaude, 1913
- * Cheirotonus jambar Kurosawa, 1984
- * Cheirotonus jansoni Jordan, 1898
- * Cheirotonus macleayi Hope, 1840
- * Cheirotonus parryi Gray, 1848
- * Cheirotonus peracanus Kriesche, 1919
- * Cheirotonus szetshuanus Medvedev, 1960
- Propomacrus Newman, 1837
- * Propomacrus bimucronatus Pallas, 1781
- * Propomacrus cypriacus Alexis & Makris 2002
- * Propomacrus davidi Deyrolle, 1874
- * Propomacrus muramotoae Fujioka, 2007
- Euchirus Linnaeus, 1758
- * Euchirus dupontianus Burmeister, 1841
- * Euchirus longimanus Linnaeus, 1758
One fossil species C. otai has been described from Japan.
