Melolontha pectoralis Megerle, 1812

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 pectoralis

Species name(s)

Melolontha pectoralis Megerle, 1812 = Melolontha farinosa Kraatz 1866 = Melolontha farinosa Pittino 1891 = Melolontha femoralis Reitter 1887 = Melolontha fosca Reitter 1902 = Melolontha fuscotestacea Reitter 1887 = Melolontha ilsia Reitter 1902 = Melolontha nigritula Kraatz 1885 = Melolontha pectoralis Germar 1824 = Melolontha pectoralis Krell & Frey 1992 = Melolontha rhenana Bach 1845 = Melolontha rufithorax Kraatz 1885 = Melolontha satema Reitter 1902 = Melolontha soror Marseul 1879 = Melolontha spatulata Ballion 1870 = Melolontha velebitica Muller 1902 = Melolontha aceris Erichson 1847 = Melolontha albida Laporte de Castelnau 1840. [10]

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Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

References

[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)

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