Chiron is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 15 described species in Chiron, found in Africa and Asia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Chironinae |
| Genus: | Chiron Macleay, 1819 |
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Species
editThese 15 species belong to the genus Chiron:
- Chiron aberlenci Huchet, 2019 ((Cameroon, Chad, Niger))
- Chiron assamensis Hope, 1845 (India)
- Chiron bartolozzii Huchet, 2019 (Somalia)
- Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798) (Palearctic, Afrotropical, India)
- Chiron demirei Huchet, 2019 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron elegans Huchet, 2020 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron hovanus Fairmaire, 1901 (Madagascar)
- Chiron kelleri Fairmaire, 1893 (Somalia)
- Chiron lucifer Huchet, 2019 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron mariannae Huchet, 2019 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron massaicus Huchet, 2019 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron oddurensis Huchet, 2019 (Somalia)
- Chiron senegalensis Hope, 1845 (Senegal)
- Chiron stuempkei Huchet, 2019 (Afrotropical)
- Chiron volvulus Klug, 1855 (Mozambique)
References
edit- ^ "GBIF, Chiron". Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Chiron Macleay, 1819". Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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