Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class 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 → species Melolontha melolontha

Species name(s)

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758) = Melolontha asiatica Brenske 1900 = Melolontha colopyga Petz 1905 = Melolontha discicollis Mulsant 1842 = Melolontha femoralis Kraatz 1885 = Melolontha funesta Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha humeralis Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha luctuosa Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha lugubris Mulsant 1842 = Scarabaeus majalis Moll 1785 = Melolontha marginata Kraatz 1888 = Melolontha melanopus Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha nigra Kellner 1877 = Melolontha nigritarsis Pfanneberg 1905 = Melolontha obscuripes Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha pulcherrima Dalla Torre 1879 = Melolontha ruficeps Kraatz 1885 = Melolontha ruficollis Mulsant 1842 = Melolontha scapularis Westhoff 1884 = Melolontha vulgaris Fabricius 1775 = Melolontha albida Mulsant 1842 = Melolontha albida Redtenbacher 1849. [10]

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