| Xiphoscelidini | |
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| Xiphoscelis braunsi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Xiphoscelidini Burmeister, 1842 |
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Xiphoscelidini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the subfamily Cetoniinae.1 It was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1842 (originally as family "Xiphoscelideae"), based on the type genus Xiphoscelis.2
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the tribe Xiphoscelidini:1
- Aporecolpa Lansberge, 1886
- Callophylla Moser, 1916
- Heteroclita Burmeister, 1842
- Ischnostomiella Krikken, 1978
- Meridioclita Krikken, 1982
- Myodermidius Bourgoin, 1920
- Neoclita Perissinotto, 2017
- Oroclita Krikken, 1982
- Plochiliana Ruter, 1978
- Protoclita Krikken, 1978
- Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842
- Scheinia Ruter, 1957
- Xiphoscelis Burmeister, 1842
- Xiphosceloides Holm, 1992
References
References
- Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diplognathini at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
- Burmeister H (1842) Handbuch der Entomologie. Dritter Band. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Melitophila. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. xx + 826 + 1 pp [page 613].