Lepidiota is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
These beetles are large and cylindrical, measuring between 15-38mm in body length. Their body coloration varies and can be black, brown, dark brown or reddish brown, while their body surfaces are often covered in white or yellowish scales that may be sparsely or wholly contained within punctations. The clypeus is emarginate and appears bi-lobed, while the anterior face is shallow and typically smooth and unpunctured medially. The beetles have 10 segmented antennae (rarely 9 segmented) with a 3-segmented lamellate club, although two Australian species have 5 lamellae. The antennal club is not elongated and is usually shorter than the length of the first 7 segments. The beetles have an absent metasternal process and tarsal claws with a median tooth.
Species Lepidiota acuminata Moser, 1913 Lepidiota acuminatops Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota adelphopyga Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota aenigma Britton, 1978 Lepidiota albistigma (Burmeister, 1855) Lepidiota alticalceus Allsopp, 1989 Lepidiota amitina Britton, 1978 Lepidiota annamensis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota argentea Britton, 1978 Lepidiota arnhemensis Britton, 1978 Lepidiota aspera Britton, 1978 Lepidiota astrolabensis Heller, 1914 Lepidiota bakkeri Allsopp, 1999 Lepidiota bidentata Allsopp, 1989 Lepidiota bimaculata (Saunders, 1839) Lepidiota blanchardi Dalla Torre, 1912 Lepidiota bonguana Brenske, 1895 Lepidiota brenskei Moser, 1908 Lepidiota brittoni Allsopp & Watkins, 1995 Lepidiota brunnea Moser, 1913 Lepidiota cabala Britton, 1978 Lepidiota caesia (Burmeister, 1855) Lepidiota caudata Blackburn, 1890 Lepidiota clareae Allsopp, 1999 Lepidiota clypealis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota cochinchinae Brenske, 1894 Lepidiota comes Britton, 1978 Lepidiota condita Britton, 1978 Lepidiota consobrina Girault, 1918 Lepidiota corporaali Moser, 1924 Lepidiota crenaticollis Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota crenulata (Wiedemann, 1821) Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888 Lepidiota delicatula Blackburn, 1888 Lepidiota discedens Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota draconis Britton, 1978 Lepidiota elongata Heller, 1914 Lepidiota ferruginosa (Walker, 1859) Lepidiota flavimargo Arrow, 1919 Lepidiota flavipennis Lea, 1926 Lepidiota florens Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota frenchi Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota gibbifrons Britton, 1978 Lepidiota gilesi Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota grata Blackburn, 1890 Lepidiota grisea Britton, 1959 Lepidiota guttata Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota heurni Moser, 1924 Lepidiota hilli Britton, 1978 Lepidiota hirsuta Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota horni Moser, 1924 Lepidiota impluviata Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota impressifrons Moser, 1913 Lepidiota ingrata Heller, 1914 Lepidiota insularum Arrow, 1943 Lepidiota irokezica Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota keyensis (Moser, 1912) Lepidiota labrata Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota laciniata Britton, 1978 Lepidiota lepidosterna Lea, 1926 Lepidiota lineata Moser, 1913 Lepidiota luctuosa Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota macrolepida Moser, 1913 Lepidiota maculata Brenske, 1900 Lepidiota mansueta (Burmeister, 1855) Lepidiota marginipennis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota medvedevi Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota mellyi (Melly, 1832) Lepidiota microlepida Moser, 1913 Lepidiota milneana Moser, 1913 Lepidiota minuta Moser, 1913 Lepidiota munda Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota nho Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota nicobarica Arrow, 1943 Lepidiota nigricollis (Kirsch, 1877) Lepidiota nigrofusca Moser, 1913 Lepidiota nonfriedi Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota noxia Britton, 1985 Lepidiota olivacea (Burmeister, 1855) Lepidiota omnipodex Prokofiev, 2015 Lepidiota oryx Britton, 1959 Lepidiota papua Heller, 1914 Lepidiota pauper Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota peninsularis Arrow, 1943 Lepidiota pentaphylla Moser, 1913 Lepidiota perkinsi Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota philippinica (Burmeister, 1855) Lepidiota podicalis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota praecellens Bates, 1891 Lepidiota pruinosula Heller, 1921 Lepidiota punctatipennis Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota punctum Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota quinqueflabellata Moser, 1926 Lepidiota quinquelineata MacLeay, 1884 Lepidiota renardi Brenske, 1896 Lepidiota reuleauxi Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota rhizotrogoides Heller, 1914 Lepidiota richteri Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota robusta Moser, 1926 Lepidiota ronensis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota rothei Blackburn, 1888 Lepidiota rubrior Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota rufa Blackburn, 1888 Lepidiota rugifrons Moser, 1913 Lepidiota rugosa Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota rugosipennis Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota salax Britton, 1978 Lepidiota salomona Moser, 1913 Lepidiota scutata Moser, 1913 Lepidiota scutellata MacLeay, 1884 Lepidiota semonis Brenske, 1900 Lepidiota serraticollis Moser, 1913 Lepidiota siamensis Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913 Lepidiota sparsa Britton, 1978 Lepidiota spinipennis Frey, 1975 Lepidiota squalida MacLeay, 1886 Lepidiota squamulata Waterhouse, 1875 Lepidiota squamuligera (Kirsch, 1877) Lepidiota sticta Britton, 1978 Lepidiota sticticoptera Blanchard, 1851 Lepidiota stigma (Fabricius, 1801) Lepidiota stimulans Heller, 1914 Lepidiota sus Brenske, 1892 Lepidiota suspicax Dohrn, 1882 Lepidiota tonkinensis Moser, 1908 Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912 Lepidiota tridens Sharp, 1876 Lepidiota trihomines Allsopp, 1990 Lepidiota uptoni Britton, 1978 Lepidiota valida Heller, 1914 Lepidiota weiri Britton, 1978 Lepidiota yorkensis Britton, 1978 Lepidiota yunshan Wang, 2025
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