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Genus Melolontha

Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Melolonthinae → tribe Melolonthini → subtribe Melolonthina → genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775

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Melolontha

This taxon marks on the maps Melolontha: 6

Daughter taxa

Melolontha albida Frivaldszky, 1835 [species]

Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801 [species]

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758) [species]

Melolontha papposa Illiger, 1803 [species]

Melolontha pectoralis Megerle, 1812 [species]

Melolontha taygetana Rey, 1999 [species]

Melolontha photos with superspecies identification

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Melolontha sp.

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01.11.2015 10:01, Vasiliy Feoktistov Parent taxon has been changed.

Melolonthini → Melolonthina.

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