Sparrmannia (beetle)

Sparrmannia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Tanyproctini
Genus: Sparrmannia
Laporte, 1840
Synonyms
  • Leocaeta Dejean 1833 (Nom. Obl.)
  • Lagosterna Dejean 1833 (Nom. Nud.)
  • Cephalotrichia Hope 1837 (Nom. Obl.)
  • Sparmannia Laporte, 1840 (Orig. Missp.)
  • Leontochaeta Erichson, 1847
  • Sparrmannia Gemminger & Harold, 1869 Emend.

Sparrmannia is a genus of scarab beetles belonging to the subfamily Melolonthinae. Though the name was originally spelled as Sparmannia, a subsequent emendation of this spelling is in prevailing usage and therefore conserved under ICZN Article 23.9.1.

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