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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
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| name = ''Melolontha''
| image = Maybug.jpg
| image = Maybug.jpg
| image_caption = A [[cockchafer]] (''Melolontha melolontha'')<br>at take-off
| image_caption = A [[cockchafer]] (''Melolontha melolontha'')<br/>at take-off
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| taxon = Melolontha
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| authority = [[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1775
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[beetle|Coleoptera]]
| familia = [[Scarabaeidae]]
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| subfamilia = [[Melolonthinae]]
| genus = '''''Melolontha'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1775
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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Many, see [[#Species|text]]
Many, see [[#Species|text]]
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==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==


[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] called the European cockchafer ''Scarabaeus melolontha''. [[Étienne Louis Geoffroy]] used ''Melolontha'' as a genus name (1762), but his book has been suppressed by the [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature|International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature]], and the authority for the name is the later (1775) publication by [[Johan Christian Fabricius]].<ref>http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genustaxon?id=1860</ref>
[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] called the European cockchafer ''Scarabaeus melolontha''. [[Étienne Louis Geoffroy]] used ''Melolontha'' as a genus name (1762), but his book has been suppressed by the [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature|International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature]], and the authority for the name is the later (1775) publication by [[Johan Christian Fabricius]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genustaxon?id=1860|title=AnimalBase :: Melolontha genustaxon homepage|website=www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de}}</ref>


== Species ==
== Species ==
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*''[[Melolontha japonica]]'' <small>Burmeister, 1855</small>
*''[[Melolontha japonica]]'' <small>Burmeister, 1855</small>
*''[[Melolontha kraatzi]]'' <small>Reitter 1906</small>
*''[[Melolontha kraatzi]]'' <small>Reitter 1906</small>
*''[[Melolontha melolontha]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)</small> – common European cockchafer
*''[[Melolontha melolontha]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> – common European cockchafer
*''[[Melolontha papposa]]'' <small>[[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1803</small>
*''[[Melolontha papposa]]'' <small>[[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], 1803</small>
*''[[Melolontha pectoralis]]'' <small>[[Johann Carl Megerle von Mühlfeld|Megerle von Mühlfeld]], 1812</small> – European large cockchafer
*''Melolontha pectoralis'' <small>[[Johann Carl Megerle von Mühlfeld|Megerle von Mühlfeld]], 1812</small> – European large cockchafer
*''[[Melolontha rubiginosa]]''
*''[[Melolontha rubiginosa]]''
*''[[Melolontha rufocrassa]]'' <small>[[Leon Fairmaire|Fairmaire]], 1889</small>
*''[[Melolontha rufocrassa]]'' <small>[[Leon Fairmaire|Fairmaire]], 1889</small>
*''[[Melolontha satsumaenis]]'' <small>Nijma & Kinoshita</small>
*''[[Melolontha satsumaenis]]'' <small>Niijima & Kinoshita</small>
*''[[Melolontha virescens]]'' <small>(Brenske, 1896)</small>
*''[[Melolontha taygetana]]'' <small>Rey, 1999</small>
*''[[Melolontha virescens]]'' <small>Brenske, 1896</small>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:41, 15 May 2024

Melolontha
A cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
at take-off
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Melolonthini
Genus: Melolontha
Fabricius, 1775
Species

Many, see text

Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.

Taxonomy

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Linnaeus called the European cockchafer Scarabaeus melolontha. Étienne Louis Geoffroy used Melolontha as a genus name (1762), but his book has been suppressed by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, and the authority for the name is the later (1775) publication by Johan Christian Fabricius.[1]

Species

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M. hippocastani

The following is a list of species within the genus Melolontha:[citation needed]

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Melolontha.
  1. ^ "AnimalBase :: Melolontha genustaxon homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de.


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