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

Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melolontha*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Melolontha aethiops*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha albicans*	Stierlin, 1862	subjective synonym
*Melolontha amasicola*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha baicalica*	Reitter, 1892	subjective synonym
*Melolontha coronata*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha discoidalis*	Dalla Torre, 1879	subjective synonym
*Melolontha festiva*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha fuscicollis*	Kraatz, 1885	subjective synonym
*Melolontha metzleri*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha mongolica*	Ménétriés, 1854	subjective synonym
*Melolontha mulsanti*	Bedel, 1911	subjective synonym
*Melolontha nigricollis*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha nigripes*	Comolli, 1837	subjective synonym
*Melolontha picea*	Wanac, 1906	subjective synonym
*Melolontha rex*	Dalla Torre, 1879	subjective synonym
*Melolontha romana*	Reitter, 1887	subjective synonym
*Melolontha schwarzi*	Kraatz, 1888	subjective synonym
*Melolontha suturalis*	Kraatz, 1887	subjective synonym
*Melolontha tibialis*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Sortrandet oldenborre sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Zandmeikever sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Northern Cockchafer sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: kastanjeborre

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Maria del Milagro Coca-Abia. Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=257656