Melolonthinae

Smetana, Aleš & Smith, Andrew B. T., 2006, Type species designations and other nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic Melolonthinae and Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae), Zootaxa 1220 (1), pp. 47-53 : 48

Melolonthinae : Rhizotrogini

Microtrichia Brenske, 1900 . Brenske (1900: 341) established a new genus Microtrichia (currently a junior synonym of Sophrops Fairmaire, 1887 ). He included four species in the genus: Holotrichia parva Brenske, 1892 ; Holotrichia singhalensis Brenske, 1892 ; Microtrichia puttalama Brenske, 1900 ; and Phytalus eurystomus Burmeister, 1855 ; without designating the type species. One of the originally included species was Phytalus eurystomus Burmeister, 1855 , which is hereby designated as the type species of Microtrichia .