''Sparrmannia'' is a genus of

scarab beetle The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

s belonging to the subfamily

Melolonthinae Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains over 11,000 species in over 750 genera. Some authors include the scarab subfamilies Euchirinae ...

. Though the name was originally spelled as ''Sparmannia'', a subsequent emendation of this spelling is in prevailing usage and therefore conserved under

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Article 23.9.1.Evans, A.V. (1989) Revision of the genus ''Sparrmannia'' Laporte (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae). J. Ent. Soc. S. Afr. 50: 11-44

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

References

Melolonthinae Scarabaeidae genera {{Melolonthinae-stub