Sparrmannia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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. ^[1]

Species

• Sparrmannia acicularis Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia alopex (Fabricius, 1787)
• Sparrmannia angola Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia bechuana Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia boschimana Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia capicola Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia dekindti Nonfried, 1906
• Sparrmannia discrepans Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia distincta Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia falcata Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia flava Arrow, 1917
• Sparrmannia flavofasciata (Burmeister, 1855)
• Sparrmannia fusciventris (Boheman, 1857)
• Sparrmannia gonaqua Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia namaqua Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia namibia Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia obscura Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia peringueyi Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia prieska Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia pseudotransvaalica Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia similis Arrow, 1917
• Sparrmannia transvaalica Peringuey, 1904
• Sparrmannia tridactyla Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia ursina Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia vicina Evans, 1989
• Sparrmannia werneri Lacroix, 2004

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