Checklist of Genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Billy witch)
for Taiwan (East Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 650
12550
43797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 648
12547
43788 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 622
12412
43330 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 402
9697
34650 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 112
3403
12300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 105
3136
11403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 12
308
1432 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 12
308
1432 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles | 238
1152 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Melolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs | 57
371 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Melolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
| 22
117 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subtribe | Melolonthina
Leach, 1819
| 2
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Genus | Melolontha
Fabricius, 1775
Billy witch, Cockchafer, Cockchafers, May bug, May bugs | 9 | Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Taiwan
1 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Taiwan
9 Species and 1 Subspecies | Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758 | Cockchafer | | Melolontha formosana Yu, Kobayash..., 1998 | | | Melolontha frater Arrow, 1913 | | | Melolontha frater taiwana (Nomura, 1952) | ⇒ Melolontha taihokuensis Niijima & Ki..., 1923 | | Melolontha hualiensis Kobayashi & ..., 2009 | | | Melolontha insulana Burmeister, 1939 | | | Melolontha manilarum (Blanchard, 1851) | ⇒ Exolontha serrulata Gyllenhall, 1817 | | Melolontha minima (Kobayashi, 1985) | ⇒ Strigoderma pygmaea Fabricius, 1798 | | Melolontha taihokuensis Niijima & Ki..., 1923 | | | Melolontha wushana Nomura, 1977 | |
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