Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Melolonthidae > Subfamily Melolonthinae > Tribe Melolonthini > Genus Melolontha

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelolonthaFabricius, 1775accepted genus name

Species group names

Melolontha albida Redtenbacher, 1849 subjective synonym
Melolontha albida Mulsant, 1842 subjective synonym
Melolontha asiatica Brenske, 1900 subjective synonym
Melolontha colopyga Petz, 1905 subjective synonym
Melolontha discicollis Mulsant, 1842 subjective synonym
Melolontha femoralis Kraatz, 1885 subjective synonym
Melolontha funesta Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha humeralis Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha luctuosa Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha lugubris Mulsant, 1842 subjective synonym
Melolontha marginata Kraatz, 1888 subjective synonym
Melolontha melanopus Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha nigra Kellner, 1877 subjective synonym
Melolontha nigritarsis Pfanneberg, 1905 subjective synonym
Melolontha obscuripes Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha pulcherrima Dalla Torre, 1879 subjective synonym
Melolontha ruficeps Kraatz, 1885 subjective synonym
Melolontha ruficollis Mulsant, 1842 subjective synonym
Melolontha scapularis Westhoff, 1884 subjective synonym
Melolontha vulgaris Fabricius, 1775 subjective synonym
Scarabaeus majalis Moll, 1785 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: idhnaku; zhuzhaku i majit sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: Almindelig oldenborre sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Gewone meikever sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Common Cockchafer sources: Charles Hussey
 German: Feldmaikäfer; Gemeiner Maikäfer sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Μηλολόνθη sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: paprastasis grambuolys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Russian: западный майский жук sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: majski hrošč sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Swedish: ollonborre
 Turkish: Mayıs böceği sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Хрущ травневий західний

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Citation

Dr. Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga. Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b2605f94-fa4c-425b-8c7b-90e53926ebab

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Occurrence

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