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Taxonomy of Genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775
Billy witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs, Mitchamador, Spang beetle


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
4240
75466
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
997
21101
Genera
Species
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
225
7393
Genera
Species
SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
4
919
Genera
Species
GenusMelolontha
Fabricius, 1775
Billy witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs
693Species
Subnodes of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775
SubgenusMelolontha (Apropyga)
Medvedev, 1951
1Species
SubgenusMelolontha (Melolontha)
Fabricius, 1775
Billy witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs
4Species
SubgenusMelolontha (Tocama)
Reitter, 1902
1Species
SpeciesMelolontha abbreviata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Heterochelus arthriticus
SpeciesMelolontha abdominalis Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Amphicoma abdominalis
SpeciesMelolontha abhasica Motschulsky, 1845
SpeciesMelolontha adiaphorus Poda, 1761
SpeciesMelolontha advena Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha aenea Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Repsimus aeneus
SpeciesMelolontha aeneicollis Bates, 1891
SpeciesMelolontha aequinoctialis Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Miltotrogus aequinoctialis
SpeciesMelolontha aeratus Linnaeus, 1788
SpeciesMelolontha aeruginosus Sahlberg, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha aestiva Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha aethiops Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha afflicta Ballion, 1870
3Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha agnellus Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha agricola Laicharting, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha alba Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha albicans Stierlin, 1863  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha albida Frivaldszky, 1835  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha albidiventris Fairmaire, 1889  ⇒ Tocama rubiginosa
SpeciesMelolontha albomarginata Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Ichnestoma cuspidata
SpeciesMelolontha alboplagiata Brenske, 1898
SpeciesMelolontha albopruinosa Fairmaire, 1878
SpeciesMelolontha alopex Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Sparrmannia alopex
SpeciesMelolontha alpina Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Amphicoma abdominalis
SpeciesMelolontha altaica Mannerheim, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha amasicola Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha americana Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Pelidnota alliacea
SpeciesMelolontha amplipennis Frey, 1975  ⇒ Melolontha virescens
SpeciesMelolontha analis Thunberg, 1818
SpeciesMelolontha angularis Knoch, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha angulata Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha angustata Palisot De Beauvois, 1805
SpeciesMelolontha anita Reitter, 1902
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha anketeri Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Cyphonotus testaceus
SpeciesMelolontha annulata Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha antiqua Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha aphodiina Billberg, 1802
SpeciesMelolontha aphodioides Illiger, 1800  ⇒ Germarostes (Germarostes) aphodioides aphodioides
SpeciesMelolontha appendiculata Mannerheim, 1828
SpeciesMelolontha aprilina Duftschmid, 1805
SpeciesMelolontha aprilinus Duftschmidt, 1805  ⇒ Amphimallon (Amphimallon) assimile
SpeciesMelolontha araneoides Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha arbicola Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha arboricola Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha argentea Marsham, 1802  ⇒ Hoplia graminicola
SpeciesMelolontha argus Burmeister, 1855
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha arthritica Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, 2023
SpeciesMelolontha arvicola Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Anisoplia (Anisoplia) remota
SpeciesMelolontha asiatica Brenske, 1900  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha assimile Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Amphimallon (Amphimallon) assimile
SpeciesMelolontha assimilis Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha astrolabei Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha ater Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha atomaria Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha atra Keith, 2006
SpeciesMelolontha atrata Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha atriplicis Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Anomala atriplicis
SpeciesMelolontha atrum Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Amphimallon (Amphimallon) atrum atrum
SpeciesMelolontha aulax Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha aulica Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha aurata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha aurulenta Kirby, 1818
SpeciesMelolontha australis Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Anoxia (Mesanoxia) australis
SpeciesMelolontha austriaca Herbst, 1783
SpeciesMelolontha badia Knoch, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha baetica Hillert, Rössner, Navarro & Urbano, 2019
SpeciesMelolontha baicalica Reitter, 1892  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha balia Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha berolinensis Herbst, 1786  ⇒ Ochodaeus chrysomeloides
SpeciesMelolontha bicarinita Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha bicolor Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anticheira capucina
SpeciesMelolontha bifurcata Brenske, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha biguttata Wiedemann, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha bilineata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha biliturata Schönherr, 1817  ⇒ Cyclocephala tridentata
SpeciesMelolontha bimaculata Müller, 1776  ⇒ Rhizotrogus aestivus
SpeciesMelolontha binotata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha bioculata Papp, 1943
SpeciesMelolontha bipartita Brullé, 1839
SpeciesMelolontha bipunctata Papp, 1943
SpeciesMelolontha bipunctatus Papp, 1943  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha bisignata Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Anisorrhina flavomaculata
SpeciesMelolontha bivulnerata Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha bombyliformis Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha bombylius Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Eulasia (Vittateulasia) bombylius
SpeciesMelolontha boops Wiedemann, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha borumandi Montreuil, 2012
SpeciesMelolontha boryi Brullé, 1832
SpeciesMelolontha brenskei Reitter, 1902  ⇒ Melolontha kraatzi
SpeciesMelolontha brevipes Frölich, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha bromicola Germar, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha bruchiformis Germar, 1813
SpeciesMelolontha brunnea Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMelolontha brunnipennis Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha caerulea Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha caeruleocephala Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha caffra Thunberg, 1818
SpeciesMelolontha calcarata Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha campestris Herbst, 1783  ⇒ Chaetopteroplia segetum
SpeciesMelolontha cancroides Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha candicans Burmeister, 1855
SpeciesMelolontha candida Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Cyphochilus candida
SpeciesMelolontha candidae Petagna, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha candidans Burmeister, 1855
SpeciesMelolontha canina Zubkov, 1829
SpeciesMelolontha capicola Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha cardeci Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Glaphyrus (Glaphyrus) maurus
SpeciesMelolontha cardui Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha carinata Brenske, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha caspica Ménétriés, 1832
SpeciesMelolontha castanea Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Cyclocephala castanea
SpeciesMelolontha caucasica Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha caucasicus Gyllenyhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha chinensis Guérin, 1838
SpeciesMelolontha chlorotica Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha chrysochlora Latreille, 1812
SpeciesMelolontha chrysomelina Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Ochodaeus chrysomeloides
SpeciesMelolontha chrysomelinus Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Serica sericea
SpeciesMelolontha chrysomeloides Schrank, 1781  ⇒ Ochodaeus chrysomeloides
SpeciesMelolontha cicatricosa Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha ciliata Herbst, 1786  ⇒ Ophropyx ciliata
SpeciesMelolontha ciliciensis Petrovitz, 1962
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha cincta Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Strigoderma marginata
SpeciesMelolontha cinerea Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha clauca Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha clypeata Reitter, 1887  ⇒ Ablabera splendida
SpeciesMelolontha cochinchinae Brenske, 1894
SpeciesMelolontha coerulea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha coeruleocephala Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha colaspidoides Schönherr, 1817  ⇒ Diphucephala colaspidoides
SpeciesMelolontha colopyga Petz, 1905
SpeciesMelolontha colpopyga Petz, 1905  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha commersoni Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha commersonii Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha compressa Weber, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha compressipes Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha conspurcata Klug, 1834
SpeciesMelolontha coriacea Hope, 1831
SpeciesMelolontha cornuta Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Pachypus candidae
SpeciesMelolontha cornutus Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Pachypus candidae
SpeciesMelolontha coronata Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha costata Nonfried, 1891
SpeciesMelolontha costipennis Fairmaire, 1889
SpeciesMelolontha crassipes Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha crenata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha crenulata Frölich, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha crinita Fabricius, 1777  ⇒ Anisonyx longipes
SpeciesMelolontha crucifer Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha cuprascens Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha cuprea Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha cuprescens Blanchard, 1871
SpeciesMelolontha cyannipennis Fabricius, 1801  ⇒ Anthypna meles
SpeciesMelolontha cyanocephala Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha cylindrica Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha dalmanni Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha davidis Fairmaire, 1878
SpeciesMelolontha decemlineata Say, 1824
SpeciesMelolontha decora Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha deglupta Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha dentipes Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha deserti Lepechin, 1774
SpeciesMelolontha destructor Tepper, 1878
SpeciesMelolontha devota Rossi, 1790  ⇒ Anomala (Dichomala) devota
SpeciesMelolontha dichroa Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha discicollis Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha discoidalis Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha discoidea Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha discolor Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha dispar Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha dorcyi Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Rutela dorcyi
SpeciesMelolontha dorsalis Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha druryana Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Pelidnota unicolor
SpeciesMelolontha dubia Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) dubia aenea
SpeciesMelolontha dubius Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Dyscinetus dubius
SpeciesMelolontha duodecimpunctata Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Hoplia aureola
SpeciesMelolontha elata Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha elongata Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Dichelonyx elongata
SpeciesMelolontha elongatula Schönherr, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha emarginata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha ephilida Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha errans Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anomala quadripunctata
SpeciesMelolontha erythrocephala Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha excavatus Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Pachypus candidae
SpeciesMelolontha excisicauda Balthasar, 1936
SpeciesMelolontha extorris Erichson, 1847
SpeciesMelolontha falleni Gyllenhall, 1817  ⇒ Amphimallon fallenii
SpeciesMelolontha fallenii Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha farinosa Kraatz, 1864  ⇒ Hoplia graminicola
SpeciesMelolontha fastuosa Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Mimela leei
SpeciesMelolontha femoralis Kraatz, 1885  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha femorata Mannerheim, 1828
SpeciesMelolontha ferrugata Gyllenhall, 1817  ⇒ Lepisia rupicola
SpeciesMelolontha ferruginea Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Lepidiota ferruginosa
SpeciesMelolontha ferruginosa Walker, 1859
SpeciesMelolontha fervens Gyllenhall, 1817  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) fusca
SpeciesMelolontha fervida Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) fervida
SpeciesMelolontha festiva Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Pyronota festiva
SpeciesMelolontha festus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha filitarsis Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha flabellata Sharp, 1876
SpeciesMelolontha flavostriata Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha floralis Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Hoplia aulica
SpeciesMelolontha floricola Laicharting, 1781  ⇒ Anthoplia (Anthoplia) floricola
SpeciesMelolontha formosana Yu, Kobayashi & Chu, 1998
SpeciesMelolontha forstroemi Billberg, 1820
SpeciesMelolontha fosca Reitter, 1902
SpeciesMelolontha frater Arrow, 1913
3Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha fraxinicola Sturm & Hagenbach, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha frischi Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) dubia aenea
SpeciesMelolontha frischii Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha frondicola Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha fruticola Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Chaetopteroplia segetum
SpeciesMelolontha fucata C. É. Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMelolontha fuliginosa Fairmaire, 1889
SpeciesMelolontha fullo Linnaeus, 1758
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha funesta Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha furcicauda Ancey, 1881
SpeciesMelolontha furva Germar, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha fusca Frölich, 1792  ⇒ Amphimallon (Amphimallon) atrum
SpeciesMelolontha fuscescens Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha fuscicollis Kraatz, 1885  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha fuscipennis Brullé, 1839
SpeciesMelolontha fuscotestacea Kraatz, 1887
SpeciesMelolontha fuscus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha gebleri Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha geminata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha geminatus Fabricius, 1801  ⇒ Dyscinetus dubius
SpeciesMelolontha georgicana Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha gibba Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha gibbulosa Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha glabrata Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Strigoderma marginata
SpeciesMelolontha glacialis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Sericoides (Sericoides) glacialis
SpeciesMelolontha glauca Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Pelidnota aeruginosa
SpeciesMelolontha globosa Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha gobiensis Nomura, 1952
SpeciesMelolontha gonagra Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha gonzalezi López-Colón & Bahillo De la Puebla, 2020
SpeciesMelolontha gotenbaensis Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923  ⇒ Melolontha japonica
SpeciesMelolontha gracilicornis Blanchard, 1871
SpeciesMelolontha gracilipes Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha gracilis Frölich, 1792  ⇒ Rhizotrogus aestivus
SpeciesMelolontha graminicola Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha greithiana O. Heer, 1847
SpeciesMelolontha gressitti Frey, 1970  ⇒ Exolontha pennata gressitti
SpeciesMelolontha groendahli Billberg, 1820
SpeciesMelolontha gussakovskii Medvedev, 1945
SpeciesMelolontha guttigera Sharp, 1876
SpeciesMelolontha haemorrhoa Thunberg, 1818
SpeciesMelolontha haemorrhoidalis Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha haroldi Moser, 1913
SpeciesMelolontha hastata Arrow, 1938
SpeciesMelolontha henningi Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha heterodactyla Germar, 1848
SpeciesMelolontha hexagona Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha heydeni Moser, 1913
SpeciesMelolontha hidalgoi Hillert, Rössner, Navarro & Urbano, 2019
SpeciesMelolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Chestnut cockchafer, Cockchafer, Forest Chockchafer
19Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha hirsuta Knoch, 1801  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) hirticula
SpeciesMelolontha hirta Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Pygopleurus (Pygopleurus) vulpes
SpeciesMelolontha hirticollis Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha hirticula Knoch, 1801  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) hirticula
SpeciesMelolontha hirtula Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha hirtulus Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha hispida Burmeister, 1855
SpeciesMelolontha hissarica S. I. Medvedev, 1951
SpeciesMelolontha holoserica Illiger, 1805  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) vitis
SpeciesMelolontha holosericea Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) vitis
SpeciesMelolontha horticola Herbst, 1783
SpeciesMelolontha hottentotta Schonherr, 1817  ⇒ Ruteloryctes morio
SpeciesMelolontha hualiensis Kobayashi & Chou, 2009
SpeciesMelolontha humeralis Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha humuralis Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha hybrida T. Charpentier, 1825  ⇒ Melolontha papposa
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha hypocrita Mannerheim, 1829  ⇒ Rhinaspis hypocrita
SpeciesMelolontha hypoleuca Wiedemann, 1819
SpeciesMelolontha ignea Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha ilicis Knoch, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha ilsia Reitter, 1902
SpeciesMelolontha immaculata Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha immutabilis Schönherr, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha impexa Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha imputata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha inanis Brahm, 1790  ⇒ Rhizotrogus aestivus
SpeciesMelolontha incana Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesMelolontha indica Hope, 1831
SpeciesMelolontha innuba Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha insignis Semenov, 1890  ⇒ Melolontha furcicauda
SpeciesMelolontha insulana Burmeister, 1939
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha insulanus Moser, 1918
SpeciesMelolontha integra Say, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha iricolor Say, 1824
SpeciesMelolontha irrorata Gebler, 1841
SpeciesMelolontha janthinus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha japonica Burmeister, 1855
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha javanica Keith & Li, 2005
SpeciesMelolontha julii Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) dubia aenea
SpeciesMelolontha junii Duftschmid, 1805
SpeciesMelolontha juvencus Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha kinoshitai Tesar, 1938
SpeciesMelolontha knochii Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha kraatzi Reitter, 1906
SpeciesMelolontha lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, 2023
SpeciesMelolontha lactea Gory, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha laeta Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Pyronota festiva
SpeciesMelolontha laevipennis Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMelolontha lanata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha lanceolata Say, 1824
SpeciesMelolontha lanugithorax Schrank, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha lateralis Wiedemann, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha laticauda Bates, 1891
SpeciesMelolontha leo Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha leucogramma Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMelolontha leucophthalma Wiedemann, 1819
SpeciesMelolontha leucophthalmus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha liberta Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha limbata Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Strigoderma marginata
SpeciesMelolontha limbatipennis Villa, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha limbatus Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Campulipus limbatus
SpeciesMelolontha linaresi Hillert, Rössner, Navarro & Urbano, 2019
SpeciesMelolontha linearis Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Dichelonyx linearis
SpeciesMelolontha lineata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Pseudotrochalus quadrilineatus
SpeciesMelolontha longicollis Latreille, 1812
SpeciesMelolontha longicornis Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Macrophylla longicornis
SpeciesMelolontha longipes Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha longitarsa Say, 1824
SpeciesMelolontha longitarsis Illiger, 1803  ⇒ Elaphocera (Elaphocera) longitarsis
SpeciesMelolontha lucicola Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha luctuosa Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha lugubris Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha lurida Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anomala inconstans
SpeciesMelolontha lusitanica Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha lusitanicum Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha lutea Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Pelidnota punctatus
SpeciesMelolontha lynx Fabricius, 1777
SpeciesMelolontha macrophylla Fischer, 1830
SpeciesMelolontha maculata Zhang, 1983
SpeciesMelolontha maculicollis Villa, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha maialis Moll, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha majale Razoumowsky, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha malaccensis Moser, 1913
SpeciesMelolontha mandarina Fairmaire, 1878
SpeciesMelolontha manilarum Blanchard, 1851  ⇒ Exolontha serrulata
SpeciesMelolontha manillarum Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMelolontha margaritae Bunalski, 2002
SpeciesMelolontha marginata Herbst, 1783  ⇒ Amphimallon ruficorne
SpeciesMelolontha marginella Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha masafumii Nomura, 1952
SpeciesMelolontha mauritanica Lucas, 1846
SpeciesMelolontha medvedevi Kryzhanovskij, 1978
SpeciesMelolontha melanictera Klug, 1834
SpeciesMelolontha melanocephala Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Cyclocephala olivieri
SpeciesMelolontha melanopus Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha meles Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha metallica Brullé, 1837
SpeciesMelolontha metzleri Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha micans Knoch, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha militaris Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha minima Kobayashi, 1985  ⇒ Strigoderma pygmaea
SpeciesMelolontha minuta Panzer, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha mixta Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Anomala plebeja mixta
SpeciesMelolontha moerens Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha moesta Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha mongolica Ménétriés, 1854  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani mongolica
SpeciesMelolontha monticola Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Liparetrus monticolus
SpeciesMelolontha morio Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Paratriodonta morio
SpeciesMelolontha mucida Gyllenhall, 1817  ⇒ Phyllophaga rorida
SpeciesMelolontha mucorea Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha mucronata Klug, 1834
SpeciesMelolontha mulsanti Bedel, 1911  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha murina Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha muscoides Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha mutabilis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Peritrichia cinerea
SpeciesMelolontha mutata Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Euserica (Euserica) mutata
SpeciesMelolontha nana Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha naxiana Reitter, 1887
SpeciesMelolontha nepalensis Hope, 1831
SpeciesMelolontha nigra Kellner, 1877  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha nigriceps Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha nigricollis Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha nigrifrons Steven, 1809
SpeciesMelolontha nigripes Comolli, 1837  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha nigrita Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha nigritarsis Pfanneberg, 1905
SpeciesMelolontha nigritula Kraatz, 1885
SpeciesMelolontha nigroapicalis Papp, 1943  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha nigrocephala DeGeer, 1774  ⇒ Cyclocephala amazona
SpeciesMelolontha nigromarginalis Papp, 1943  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha nigromarginata Herbst, 1786  ⇒ Omaloplia nigromarginata
SpeciesMelolontha nigropygidialis Papp, 1943  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha nigrum Waltl, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha nitidicollis C. É. Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMelolontha nitidula Rossi, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha notata Thunberg, 1787  ⇒ Ablabera splendida
SpeciesMelolontha nummicudens Newman, 1838
SpeciesMelolontha obesa Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha oblita Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha oblonga Fabricius, 1776
SpeciesMelolontha obscura Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha obscuripes Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha occidentalis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anoxia (Mesanoxia) australis
SpeciesMelolontha ochracea Knoch, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha ochraceus Motschulsky, 1860
SpeciesMelolontha octopunctata Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha olivacea Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha olivieri Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesMelolontha opaca Billberg, 1820
SpeciesMelolontha orientalis Krynicky, 1832
SpeciesMelolontha pagana Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Amphimallon ruficorne
SpeciesMelolontha paganus Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Amphimallon ruficorne
SpeciesMelolontha pallens Fabricius, 1798  ⇒ Cyclocephala amazona
SpeciesMelolontha palleola Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha pallida Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785  ⇒ Anomala dorsalis
SpeciesMelolontha pallidula Latreille, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha palpalis Eschscholtz, 1822
SpeciesMelolontha papposa Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha pectoralis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1812  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
European large cockchafer
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SpeciesMelolontha pellita Eschscholtz, 1822
SpeciesMelolontha pennata Sharp, 1876
SpeciesMelolontha permira Reitter, 1887
SpeciesMelolontha persica Reitter, 1902  ⇒ Melolontha kraatzi
SpeciesMelolontha petitii Guérin-Méneville, 1830
SpeciesMelolontha pexa Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha philanthus Herbst, 1783
SpeciesMelolontha phupanensis Keith, 2008
SpeciesMelolontha picatus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha picea Wanach, 1906  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha picipes Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha pilicollis Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha pilifera Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha pilosa Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha pilosella
SpeciesMelolontha pilosicollis Knoch, 1801  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) pilosicollis
SpeciesMelolontha pilosula Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha pilosulus Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha pinguis Walker, 1859
SpeciesMelolontha pini Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Amphimallon (Amphimallon) pini
SpeciesMelolontha plebeja Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha podagrica Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha porcata Swartz, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha porcina Hentz, 1830  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) ilicis
SpeciesMelolontha porosa Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha praeambula Kolenati, 1846
SpeciesMelolontha praticola Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha proboscidea Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha pruinosa Dalman, 1823  ⇒ Sericesthis geminata
SpeciesMelolontha pseudofurcicauda Keith, 2008
SpeciesMelolontha puberea Mannerheim, 1828
SpeciesMelolontha pubescens Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha pulcherrima Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha pulla Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha pulverea Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Chioneosoma (Chionotrogus) pulverea
SpeciesMelolontha pulverulenta Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Hoplia graminicola
SpeciesMelolontha pygidialis Moser, 1915
SpeciesMelolontha pygmaea Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha quadridens Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMelolontha quadrilineata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha quadrimaculata Drapiez, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha quadripunctata Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha quercina Knoch, 1801  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) fervida
SpeciesMelolontha quercus Knoch, 1801  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) quercus
SpeciesMelolontha radiata Schönherr, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha rangunensis Brenske, 1899
SpeciesMelolontha rauca Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha redtenbacheri Dalla Torre, 1913  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha reflexa Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha regia Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Hoplia aulica
SpeciesMelolontha reichenbachi Keith, 2008
SpeciesMelolontha retusa Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha rex Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha rhenana Bach, 1845
SpeciesMelolontha ridens Fabricius, 1801  ⇒ Strigoderma marginata
SpeciesMelolontha romana Reitter, 1887  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha rorida Weber, 1801  ⇒ Leucopholis rorida
SpeciesMelolontha rubetra Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha rubra Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesMelolontha rufa Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha rufescens Latreille, 1804
SpeciesMelolontha ruficeps Kraatz, 1885  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha ruficollis Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha ruficorne Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha ruficornis Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha rufipennis Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha rufipes Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha rufithorax Kraatz, 1885
SpeciesMelolontha rufocrassa Fairmaire, 1889
SpeciesMelolontha rufotestacea Kraatz, 1885  ⇒ Melolontha papposa
SpeciesMelolontha rupicola Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha ruricola Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Homaloplia (Homaloplia) ruricola
SpeciesMelolontha rustica Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha sabatinellii Rössner & Hillert, 2020
SpeciesMelolontha saginata Mannerheim, 1828
SpeciesMelolontha sardinensis Drumont, Muret, Hager & Penner, 1999
SpeciesMelolontha sardiniensis Drumont, Muret, Hager & Penner, 1999
SpeciesMelolontha satema Reitter, 1902
SpeciesMelolontha satsumaenis
SpeciesMelolontha satsumaensis Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha scapularis Westhoff, 1884  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha scarabaeina Schönherr, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha schwarzi Kraatz, 1888  ⇒ Melolontha hippocastani
SpeciesMelolontha sculpticollis Fairmaire, 1891
SpeciesMelolontha segetum Herbst, 1783  ⇒ Chaetopteroplia segetum
SpeciesMelolontha semirufa Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha semirufus Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Amphimallon nigripenne
SpeciesMelolontha semistriata Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha semivirens Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha senegallia Dufour, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha sericans Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha sericea Bonelli, 1812  ⇒ Diphucephala sericea
SpeciesMelolontha serrata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) serrata
SpeciesMelolontha serratulae Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha serricollis Hope, 1831
SpeciesMelolontha serrulata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha setifera Li, 2010
SpeciesMelolontha setigera
SpeciesMelolontha setosa Walker, 1859
SpeciesMelolontha shanghaiana Brenske, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha shikokuana Nomura, 1977
SpeciesMelolontha siamensis Nonfried, 1891
SpeciesMelolontha sibirica Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Hoplia aureola
SpeciesMelolontha signata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Cyclocephala notata
SpeciesMelolontha similis Frölich, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha solitaria O. Novák, 1878
SpeciesMelolontha sordida Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha soror Marseul, 1879
SpeciesMelolontha spatulata Ballion, 1871
SpeciesMelolontha speciosa Frölich, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha spilophthalma Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Cyclocephala undata
SpeciesMelolontha spinipennis Gory, 1841
SpeciesMelolontha spinipes Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha spireae Pallas, 1776
SpeciesMelolontha splendens Gmelin, 1788  ⇒ Ablabera splendida
SpeciesMelolontha splendida Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Ablabera splendida
SpeciesMelolontha splendidula Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha squamosa Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Hoplia coerulea
SpeciesMelolontha stigma Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha stilbophora Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha striata Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha strigosa Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha subspinosa Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha sulcicollis Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha sulcipennis Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesMelolontha surinamensis Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Stegopterus vittatus
SpeciesMelolontha suturalis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Stethaspis suturalis
SpeciesMelolontha sylvicola Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha taihokuensis Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923
SpeciesMelolontha taiwana Nomura, 1952
SpeciesMelolontha tamina Nomura, 1964
SpeciesMelolontha tarimensis Semenov, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha tataricum Fealdermann, 1835
SpeciesMelolontha taunigrum Schrank, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha taygetana Rey, 1999
SpeciesMelolontha tenuicauda Fairmaire, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha testacea Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha thoracica Zubkov, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha thoracicum Krynicky, 1829
SpeciesMelolontha tibialis Kraatz, 1882  ⇒ Melolontha kraatzi
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha tomentosa Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha tonkinensis Moser, 1913
SpeciesMelolontha totta Thunberg, 1818
SpeciesMelolontha transversa Fabricius, 1801  ⇒ Aplidia transversa
SpeciesMelolontha triata Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha trichoidea
SpeciesMelolontha tricostata Brenske, 1903
SpeciesMelolontha tridentata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMelolontha trigona Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha tristis Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesMelolontha tropica Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha tropicus Gyllenhall, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha tuberculata Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha umbraculata Burmeister, 1855  ⇒ Exolontha umbraculata
SpeciesMelolontha umbrosa Fabricius, 1792
SpeciesMelolontha unciata Schonherr, 1817  ⇒ Cyclocephala discolor
SpeciesMelolontha uncinata Illiger, 1802  ⇒ Cyclocephala amazona
SpeciesMelolontha undata Olivier, 1789
SpeciesMelolontha unicolor Papp, 1943  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
SpeciesMelolontha unifasciata Say, 1825
SpeciesMelolontha unipunctata Papp, 1943
SpeciesMelolontha unungulus Herbst, 1790  ⇒ Rutela lineola
SpeciesMelolontha ursus Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha valida Schonherr, 1817  ⇒ Cyclocephala castanea
SpeciesMelolontha valpes Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesMelolontha variabilis Fabricius, 1777  ⇒ Maladera (Maladera) holosericea
SpeciesMelolontha varians Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Anomala undulata varians
SpeciesMelolontha varicolor Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha variegata Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha variolosa Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Polyphylla (Polyphylla) variolosa
SpeciesMelolontha velebitica J. Müller, 1902
SpeciesMelolontha ventralis Erichson, 1847
SpeciesMelolontha verna Germar, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha versicolor Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Trochalus gibbus
SpeciesMelolontha vervex Sharp, 1876
SpeciesMelolontha vespertina Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha vetula Wiedemann, 1821
SpeciesMelolontha villosa Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Anoxia (Anoxia) villosa villosa
SpeciesMelolontha villosula Illiger, 1803
SpeciesMelolontha violacea Thunberg, 1791
SpeciesMelolontha virens Herbst, 1790
SpeciesMelolontha virescens Brenske, 1896
SpeciesMelolontha viridiaenea Donovan, 1805
SpeciesMelolontha viridis Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMelolontha vitis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Anomala (Anomala) vitis
SpeciesMelolontha vittata Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Eulasia (Vittateulasia) vittata vittata
SpeciesMelolontha volgense Fischer, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha volgensis Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha vulgaris Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha
23Subspecies
SpeciesMelolontha vulpes Fabricius, 1792  ⇒ Pygopleurus (Pygopleurus) vulpes
SpeciesMelolontha vulpina Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Chioneosoma (Aleucoschema) vulpina
SpeciesMelolontha vulpinum Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesMelolontha weyersi Brenske, 1900
SpeciesMelolontha wushana Nomura, 1977
SpeciesMelolontha ypsilon Wiedemann, 1823
SpeciesMelolontha zebra Olivier, 1789  ⇒ Stegopterus vittatus
SpeciesMelolontha zeravschanica Protsenko, 1974
SpeciesMelolontha zervaschanica Protzenko, 1974
SpeciesMelolontha zoubkovi Dejean, 1833
SpeciesMelolontha zubkowii Zubkov, 1833

Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Melolontha
GermanMaikäfer
EnglishBilly witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs, Mitchamador, Spang beetle
DutchEngerlingen, Meikevers


Distribution of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775
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Canada


China
31 Species
Croatia


Czech Republic


Denmark


Estonia


Finland


France


Georgia


Germany


Greece


Guyana


Hungary


India
14 Species
Indonesia
4 Species
Iran


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Jamaica


Japan


Kazakhstan


Kyrgyzstan


Latvia


Lebanon


Liechtenstein


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Malaysia
1 Species
Mauritius


Mexico
1 Species
Moldova


Mongolia


Montenegro


Myanmar


Nepal


Netherlands


Norway


Pakistan


Philippines


Poland


Portugal


Romania


Russia


Serbia


Slovakia


Slovenia


South Korea


Spain


Sri Lanka


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan
9 Species
Tajikistan


Thailand
4 Species
Turkey


Ukraine


United Kingdom


Uzbekistan


Vietnam
5 Species


Found in fossile formations
Rott Formation


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