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Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region Denmark (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
605
7287
25296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
602
7278
25280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
575
7181
25071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
6004
22218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
104
1634
5620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
95
1474
4878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
5
89
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
5
89
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
75
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
10
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Denmark
10 Genera with 20 Species
Amphimallon Lepeletier &..., 1817European Chafers4SpeciesTaxom
Anoxia Laporte, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Colymbomorpha Blanchard, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Holocnemus Simon, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 1775Monkey Beetles4SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 17721SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 0Billy witch4SpeciesTaxom
Omaloplia Schönherr, 17862SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1840Lined June Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Serica MacLeay, 18952SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Denmark
20 Species and 6 Subspecies
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) ochraceum (Knoch, 1801)⇒ Amphimallon fallenii Gyllenhall, 1817
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) solstitiale Linnaeus, 1758Cliff Beetle
Amphimallon solstitiale solstitiale Linnaeus, 1758
Amphimallon fallenii Gyllenhall, 1817
Anoxia villosa villosa Fabricius, 1781
Anoxia (Protanoxia) orientalis Krynizky, 1832
Colymbomorpha lineata Blanchard, 1850
Holocnemus pluchei Scopoli, 1763
Hoplia argentea Poda, 1761
Hoplia graminicola Fabricius, 1792
Hoplia philanthus Füessly, 1775Welsh Chafer
Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775
Maladera (Maladera) holosericea Scopoli, 1772
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
Melolontha hippocastani hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha pectoralis pectoralis
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) ruricola (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Omaloplia alternata Küster, 1849
Omaloplia nigromarginata Herbst, 1786
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Polyphylla olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Polyphylla fullo fullo Linnaeus, 1758
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Serica (Serica) brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Serica similis Lewis, 1895
Serica similis Lewis, 1895

Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in Denmark
TribeHopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSericini
Hope, 1837
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeStethaspini
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Melolonthinae at artfakta.se
Melolonthinae at dyntaxa.se
Melolonthinae at gbif.org
Melolonthinae at itis.gov