Rutelinae or shining leaf chafers is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains some 200 genera with over 4,000 described species in 7 tribes.

The subfamily Rutelinae is composed of approximately 200 genera and 4,100 species that are distributed worldwide (Machatschke 1972), although many taxa remain to be described. The subfamily is divided into six tribes, five of which occur in the New World.

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Rutelinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains some 200 genera with over 4,000 described species in 7 tribes.

The genus Rutela is a conspicuous member of the scarab beetle subfamily Rutelinae (or shining leaf chafers). This work provides a comprehensive review of the phylogeny and classification of the subtribe Rutelina and a revision of the genus Rutela (Rutelina).

Rutelinae or shining leaf chafers is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains some 200 genera with over 4,000 described species in 7 tribes.

Jun 29, 2018 · Phylogenetic analyses of 32 representative genera or subgenera in the tribe Rutelini were conducted as a means of: (1) resolving classification conflicts within the subtribe Rutelina, (2) identifying monophyletic groups within the subtribe, and (3) identifying monophyletic lineages within the tribe Rutelini.

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They feed on plant litter and plant roots in the soil, and can be serious pests of cultivated crops and lawns. The most diverse group of rutelines in southern Africa is the tribe Hopliini in which adults are often brightly coloured and hairy with large powerful hind legs and usually encountered in flowers. Tribe Adoretini.

Phylogenetic analysis of the Rutelina (Jameson 1996, 1998) demonstrated the subtribes Pelidnotina, Antichirina, and Rutelina were paraphyletic. Some of the taxa from these artificial groups were members of one clade that included such genera as …