Pyronota

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Stethaspini
Genus: Pyronota
Species (17): P. aurata – P. coerula – P. dives – P. edwardsi – P. electa – P. festiva – P. lugubris – P. minor – P. pallida – P. punctata – P. purpurata – P. refulgens – P. regalis – P. rubra – P. setosa – P. sobrina – P. splendens
Name

Pyronota Boisduval, 1835
Synonyms

Calonota Hope, 1837
?Psilodontria Broun, 1895
?Mycernus Broun, 1904

Type species

Calonota Hope: Melolontha festiva Fabricius, 1775, by original designation
Pyronota Boisduval: Melolontha festiva Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation by ?

References
Primary references

Boisduval, J.A. 1835: Internet Archive BHL
Broun, T. 1895: Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 67–88; 194-203; 234-245; 405-419. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
Broun, T. 1904: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 14: 41–59, 105-127. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
Hope, F.W. 1837: The coleopterist's manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol. 1 . London: H.G. Bohn. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Given, B.B. 1952: A revision of the Melolonthinae of New Zealand. Part 1: the adult beetles. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin, 102: 1–137. BUGZ
Given, B.B. 1960: The Melolonthinae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Descriptions of new species, notes on types, and catalogue. New Zealand journal of science, 3: 363–381. BUGZ
Stewart, K.M. 1987: Preliminary observations on the biology of a manuka chafer, Pyronota sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Otago. New Zealand entomologist, 9: 60–63.
Ward, J.B. et al. 2007: A SURVEY OF THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA OF KENNEDYS BUSH RESERVE. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 21 : 57–68. ISSN: 0370-3878

Unpublished theses/reports

Brown, J.G. 1963: Biology and taxonomy of the genus Pyronota Bois. (Melolonthinae, Coleoptera). UNPUBLISHED M.AGR.SC. THESIS, LINCOLN COLLEGE, CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND.

Links

Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 1, 2017]