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Checklist of Genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Billy witch)
for Palaearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
409
11833
195881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
408
11832
195881
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
392
11734
195055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
11427
194050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
140
8868
175782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
126
7984
148422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
14
830
15619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
14
830
15619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
671
13345
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
186
4825
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
77
1978
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeMelolonthina
Leach, 1819
2
218
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusMelolontha
Fabricius, 1775
Billy witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs
153Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for Palaearctic
1 Genera with 153 Species
Melolontha Fabricius, 1974Billy witch166SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palaearctic
153 Species and 13 Subspecies
Melolontha (Apropyga) aceris (Faldermann, 1835)⇒ Melolontha afflicta Ballion, 1870
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha (Tocama) rubiginosa (Fairmaire, 1889)⇒ Leucopholis pinguis Burmeister, 1855
Melolontha aeneicollis Bates, 1891
Melolontha aethiops (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha afflicta Ballion, 1870
Melolontha afflicta afflicta
Melolontha afflicta clypeata Reitter, 1887
Melolontha afflicta hissarica Medvedev, 1951
Melolontha albicans (Stierlin, 1863)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha albida (Frivaldszky, 1835)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha albidiventris (Fairmaire, 1889)⇒ Tocama rubiginosa Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha albopruinosa Fairmaire, 1878
Melolontha amasicola (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha amplipennis (Frey, 1975)⇒ Melolontha virescens Brenske, 1896
Melolontha anita Reitter, 1902
Melolontha anita anita
Melolontha anita diabolica Rössner & Hi..., 2020
Melolontha arunachalensis Gupta, Keith..., 2023
Melolontha asiatica (Brenske, 1900)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha baetica Hillert, Rös..., 2019
Melolontha baicalica (Reitter, 1892)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha bifurcata Brenske, 1896
Melolontha bioculata Papp, 1943
Melolontha bipunctata Papp, 1943
Melolontha borumandi Montreuil, 2012
Melolontha brenskei (Reitter, 1902)⇒ Melolontha kraatzi Reitter, 1906
Melolontha candidans Burmeister, 1855
Melolontha carinata Brenske, 1896
Melolontha chinensis Guérin, 1838
Melolontha ciliciensis Petrovitz, 1962
Melolontha clypeata (Reitter, 1887)⇒ Ablabera splendida Fabricius, 1781
Melolontha cochinchinae Brenske, 1894
Melolontha colpopyga (Petz, 1905)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha coronata (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha costata Nonfried, 1891
Melolontha costipennis Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha cuprescens Blanchard, 1871
Melolontha davidis Fairmaire, 1878
Melolontha discicollis (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha discoidalis (Dalla Torre, 1879)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha excisicauda Balthasar, 1936
Melolontha extorris Erichson, 1847
Melolontha farinosa (Kraatz, 1864)⇒ Hoplia graminicola Fabricius, 1792
Melolontha femoralis (Kraatz, 1885)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha festiva (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Pyronota festiva Fabricius, 1775
Melolontha flabellata Sharp, 1876
Melolontha formosana Yu, Kobayash..., 1998
Melolontha fosca Reitter, 1902
Melolontha frater Arrow, 1913
Melolontha frater frater
Melolontha frater gobiensis Nomura, 1952
Melolontha fucata C. É. Blanch..., 1851
Melolontha fuliginosa Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha funesta (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha furcicauda Ancey, 1881
Melolontha fuscicollis (Kraatz, 1885)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha fuscotestacea Kraatz, 1887
Melolontha gobiensis Nomura, 1952
Melolontha gonzalezi López-Colón ..., 2020
Melolontha gotenbaensis (Niijima & Ki..., 1923)⇒ Melolontha japonica Burmeister, 1855
Melolontha gussakovskii Medvedev, 1945
Melolontha guttigera Sharp, 1876
Melolontha haroldi Moser, 1913
Melolontha heydeni Moser, 1913
Melolontha hidalgoi Hillert, Rös..., 2019
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
Melolontha hippocastani hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha hippocastani mongolica Ménétriés..., 1854
Melolontha hissarica S. I. Medvedev, 1951
Melolontha humeralis (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha hybrida (T. Charpentier, 1825)⇒ Melolontha papposa Illiger, 1803
Melolontha ilsia Reitter, 1902
Melolontha incana Motschulsky, 1853
Melolontha indica Hope, 1831
Melolontha insignis (Semenov, 1890)⇒ Melolontha furcicauda Ancey, 1881
Melolontha insulana Burmeister, 1939
Melolontha japonica Burmeister, 1855
Melolontha javanica Keith & Li, 2005
Melolontha kinoshitai Tesar, 1938
Melolontha kraatzi Reitter, 1906
Melolontha lachungensis Gupta, Keith..., 2023
Melolontha laevipennis Blanchard, 1851
Melolontha laticauda Bates, 1891
Melolontha linaresi Hillert, Rös..., 2019
Melolontha luctuosa (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha lugubris (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha macrophylla Fischer, 1830
Melolontha maculata Zhang, 1983
Melolontha maialis Moll, 1785
Melolontha malaccensis Moser, 1913
Melolontha mandarina Fairmaire, 1878
Melolontha margaritae Bunalski, 2002
Melolontha masafumii Nomura, 1952
Melolontha medvedevi Kryzhanovskij, 1978
Melolontha melanopus (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha metzleri (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha minima (Kobayashi, 1985)⇒ Strigoderma pygmaea Fabricius, 1798
Melolontha mongolica (Ménétriés, 1854)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani mongolica Ménétriés..., 1854
Melolontha mulsanti (Bedel, 1911)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha naxiana Reitter, 1887
Melolontha nepalensis Hope, 1831
Melolontha nigra (Kellner, 1877)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha nigricollis (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha nigripes (Comolli, 1837)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha nigritula Kraatz, 1885
Melolontha nigroapicalis (Papp, 1943)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha nigromarginalis (Papp, 1943)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha nigropygidialis (Papp, 1943)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha nitidicollis C. É. Blanch..., 1851
Melolontha obscuripes (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha opaca Billberg, 1820
Melolontha papposa Illiger, 1803
Melolontha pectoralis (Megerle von ..., 1812)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha pectoralis farinosa Kraatz, 1864
Melolontha pectoralis pectoralis
Melolontha permira Reitter, 1887
Melolontha persica (Reitter, 1902)⇒ Melolontha kraatzi Reitter, 1906
Melolontha phupanensis Keith, 2008
Melolontha picea (Wanach, 1906)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha praeambula Kolenati, 1846
Melolontha pseudofurcicauda Keith, 2008
Melolontha pulcherrima (Dalla Torre, 1879)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha pulverea (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Chioneosoma pulverea Knoch, 1801
Melolontha pygidialis Moser, 1915
Melolontha redtenbacheri (Dalla Torre, 1913)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha reichenbachi Keith, 2008
Melolontha rex (Dalla Torre, 1879)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha rhenana Bach, 1845
Melolontha romana (Reitter, 1887)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha ruficeps (Kraatz, 1885)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha ruficollis (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha rufithorax Kraatz, 1885
Melolontha rufocrassa Fairmaire, 1889
Melolontha rufotestacea (Kraatz, 1885)⇒ Melolontha papposa Illiger, 1803
Melolontha sabatinellii Rössner & Hi..., 2020
Melolontha sardiniensis Drumont, Mur..., 1999
Melolontha satema Reitter, 1902
Melolontha satsumaensis Niijima & Ki..., 1923
Melolontha satsumaensis satsumaensis
Melolontha satsumaensis shikokuana Nomura, 1977
Melolontha scapularis (Westhoff, 1884)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha schwarzi (Kraatz, 1888)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha sculpticollis Fairmaire, 1891
Melolontha setifera Li, 2010
Melolontha shanghaiana Brenske, 1896
Melolontha shikokuana Nomura, 1977
Melolontha soror Marseul, 1879
Melolontha spatulata Ballion, 1871
Melolontha taihokuensis Niijima & Ki..., 1923
Melolontha taiwana Nomura, 1952
Melolontha tamina Nomura, 1964
Melolontha tarimensis Semenov, 1896
Melolontha taygetana Rey, 1999
Melolontha tenuicauda Fairmaire, 1896
Melolontha tibialis (Kraatz, 1882)⇒ Melolontha kraatzi Reitter, 1906
Melolontha tricostata Brenske, 1903
Melolontha umbraculata (Burmeister, 1855)⇒ Exolontha umbraculata Burmeister, 1855
Melolontha unicolor (Papp, 1943)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha unipunctata Papp, 1943
Melolontha velebitica J. Müller, 1902
Melolontha virescens Brenske, 1896
Melolontha vulgaris (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha wushana Nomura, 1977
Melolontha zeravschanica Protsenko, 1974
Melolontha zervaschanica Protzenko, 1974


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