Diphucephala

***Diphucephala*** er en slekt av biller som har larver som eter planterøtter. De hører til underfamilien oldenborrer (Melolonthinae) i den store gruppen skarabider (Scarabaeoidea).

## Utseende
Middelsstore, gjerne metallisk grønne oldenborrer. Kroppen har fine, korte hår. Dekkvingenes overflate er litt rynkete. "Snuten" ender gjerne i to korte horn.

## Levevis
Larvene lever i jorda, der de eter røtter. De voksne billene flyr om dagen. Disse artene kan forekomme i høytliggende regnskoger.
De voksne billene kan av og til ha masseforekomster da de snaubeiter trærne. De besøker også blomster.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Australia.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien skarabider, Scarabaeoidea
**** Familien skarabider, Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1806
***** Underfamilien oldenborrer, Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819
****** Stammen Diphucephalini Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
******* Slekten *Diphucephala* Dejean, 1821
******** *[[Diphucephala affinis]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala angusticeps]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala aurolimbata]]* Blanchard, 1851
******** *[[Diphucephala aurulenta]]* (Kirby, 1818)
******** *[[Diphucephala azureipennis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala barnardi]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala bernhardti]]* Hawkeswood, 1994
******** *[[Diphucephala beryllina]]*  Burmeister, 1855
******** *[[Diphucephala carteri]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala castanoptera]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala childrenii]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala coerulea]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala colaspidoides]]* (Gyllenhal, 1817)
******** *[[Diphucephala concinna]]* Lea, 1930
******** *[[Diphucephala crebra]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala cribripennis]]* Lea, 1924
******** *[[Diphucephala cuprea]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala dentipes]]* Oke, 1951
******** *[[Diphucephala dicksoniae]]* Lea, 1930
******** *[[Diphucephala edwardsi]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala elegans]]* Blackburn, 1892
******** *[[Diphucephala fulgida]]* Boisduval, 1835
******** *[[Diphucephala furcata]]* Guérin-Méneville, 1830
******** *[[Diphucephala glabra]]* Lea, 1930
******** *[[Diphucephala hirtipennis]]* MacLeay, 1883
******** *[[Diphucephala hirtipes]]* Lea, 1916
******** *[[Diphucephala hopei]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala humeralis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala ignota]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala insularis]]* Lea, 1916
******** *[[Diphucephala lateralis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala laticeps]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala laticollis]]* Lea, 1895
******** *[[Diphucephala latipennis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala lineata]]* Boisduval, 1835
******** *[[Diphucephala mastersi]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala minima]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala montana]]* Lea, 1930
******** *[[Diphucephala nigritarsis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Diphucephala nitens]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala nitidicollis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala obscura]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala obsoleta]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala parviceps]]* Lea, 1924
******** *[[Diphucephala parvula]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala prasina]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala puberula]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala pubescens]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala pubiventris]]*  Burmeister, 1855
******** *[[Diphucephala pulchella]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala pulcherrima]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala purpureitarsis]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala pygidialis]]* Lea, 1916
******** *[[Diphucephala pygmaea]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala quadratigera]]* Blanchard, 1851
******** *[[Diphucephala rectipennis]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala regalis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Diphucephala richmondia]]* MacLeay, 1886
******** *[[Diphucephala rufipes]]* Waterhouse, 1837
******** *[[Diphucephala rugosa]]* Boisduval, 1835
******** *[[Diphucephala rugosula]]* Dalla Torre, 1912
******** *[[Diphucephala sericea]]* (Kirby, 1818)
******** *[[Diphucephala smaragdula]]* Boisduval, 1835
******** *[[Diphucephala sordida]]* Blackburn, 1906
******** *[[Diphucephala spreta]]* Blackburn, 1892
******** *[[Diphucephala tantilla]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Diphucephala tarsalis]]* Lea, 1916
******** *[[Diphucephala waterhousei]]* Burmeister, 1855

## Kilder
* Oversikt over gruppen
* Insects of Tasmania - *Diphucephala colaspidoides* https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-polyphaga/scarabaeidae-scarab-beetles/genus-diphucephala

## Eksterne lenker
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* Brisbane Insects - Diphucephala sp. Med bilder av de voksne billene og skader på trær http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_scarabs/GreenScarab.htm
* Bilde av ''Diphucephala'' sp.
* Bilde av ''Diphucephala smaragdula''