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Checklist for Subfamily Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 (May Beetles and Junebugs)
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
498
13287
62755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
137
4461
21671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
120
4009
18605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
12
415
1231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
12
415
1231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
339
1059
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelolonthinae
Samouelle, 1819
May Beetles and Junebugs, White grubs
61
176
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
61 Genera with 176 Species
#ACDEFGHIKLMOPRST
Amadotrogus Amadotrogus, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Amblonoxia Reitter, 1880Dusty June Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Amorphochelus Fairmaire, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Amphimallon Lepeletier &..., 1823European Chafers25SpeciesTaxom
Anisochelus Burmeister, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Anoxia Laporte, 202112SpeciesTaxom
Aplidia Hope, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Apogonia Melichar, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Camentoserica Brenske, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Cheronia Croissandaeu, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Chioneosoma Kraatz, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Clitopa Erichson, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Colpochila Erichson, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cyclomera Klug, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Cyphonotus Bell, 01SpeciesTaxom
Diaplochelus Burmeister, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Dichelonyx Harris, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Dichelus Lepeletier &..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Dicrania Lepeletier &..., 18953SpeciesTaxom
Dicranocnemus Burmeister, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Diplotaxis Kirby, 1837Wall-Rockets3SpeciesTaxom
Empecamenta Brenske, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Energetia Dalle Torre, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Euserica Rietter, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Firminus4SpeciesTaxom
Geotrogus Guérin, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Haplidia Hope, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Heterochelus Burmeister, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Holochelus Reitter, 18235SpeciesTaxom
Holotrichia Hope, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Homaloplia Stephens, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Hoplia Illiger, 1903Monkey Beetles13SpeciesTaxom
Hymenoplia Eschscholtz, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Isocamenta Kolbe, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Isonychus Mannerheim, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Khoina Péringuey, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Leucopholis Blanchard, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Liparetrus Guérin-Ménev..., 18503SpeciesTaxom
Macrodactylus Dejean, 1775Rose Chafers1SpeciesTaxom
Maechidius MacLeay, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Maladera Mulsant, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Melolontha Fabricius, 1775Billy witch8SpeciesTaxom
Miltotrogus Reitter, 03SpeciesTaxom
Monochelus Berthold, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Omaloplia Schönherr, 012SpeciesTaxom
Pachycnema Lepeletier &..., 17752SpeciesTaxom
Peritrichia Burmeister, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phyllophaga Harris, 1934June beetles9SpeciesTaxom
Phyllotocus Fischer, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Plectris Lepeletier a..., 18501SpeciesTaxom
Polyphylla Harris, 1890Lined June Beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Rhizotrogus Lepeletier &..., 184212SpeciesTaxom
Scaphorhina Quedenfeldt, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Schizonycha Dejean, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Serica MacLeay, 19837SpeciesTaxom
Sericesthis Hope, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerotrochalus Brenske, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatoplia1SpeciesTaxom
Triodontella Reitter, 18709SpeciesTaxom
Trochalus Laporte, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
176 Species and 21 Subspecies
Amadotrogus insubricus Burmeister, 1855
Amadotrogus quercanus Burmeister, 1855
Amadotrogus vicinus Mulsant, 1842
Amblonoxia palpalis Horn, 1880
Amorphochelus retusus Klug, 1832
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) assimile Herbst, 1790
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) atrum Herbst, 1790
Amphimallon atrum atrum Herbst, 1790
Amphimallon atrum nomadicum Reiche, 1862
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) burmeisteri (Brenske, 1886)⇒ Amphimallon majale bonadonai Paulian, 1959
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) fuscum Scopoli, 1786
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) majale Razoumowsky, 1789European Chafer
Amphimallon majale bonadonai Paulian, 1959
Amphimallon majale majale Razoumowsky, 1789
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) ochraceum (Knoch, 1801)⇒ Amphimallon fallenii Gyllenhall, 1817
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) pini Olivier, 1789
Amphimallon pini diluticolle Baraud & Tauzin, 1987
Amphimallon pini pini
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) solstitiale Linnaeus, 1758Cliff Beetle
Amphimallon solstitiale solstitiale Linnaeus, 1758
Amphimallon solstitiale tropicum Gyllenhal, 1817
Amphimallon (Amphimallon) solstitialis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Amphimallon volgense Fischer, 1823
Amphimallon altaicum Mannerheim, 1825
Amphimallon ater (Herbst, 1790)⇒ Amphimallon atrum Herbst, 1790
Amphimallon fallenii Gyllenhall, 1817
Amphimallon furvum Germar, 1817
Amphimallon majalis (Razoumowsky, 1789)⇒ Amphimallon majale Razoumowsky, 1789
Amphimallon pygiale Mulsant, 1846
Amphimallon ruficorne Fabricius, 1775
Amphimallon volgense Fischer, 1823
Anisochelus inornatus Burmeister, 1844
Anoxia (Anoxia) cretica Kiesenwetter, 1858
Anoxia (Anoxia) pilosa (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Anoxia villosa Fabricius, 1781
Anoxia (Anoxia) scutellaris Mulsant, 1842
Anoxia scutellaris scutellaris Mulsant, 1842
Anoxia (Anoxia) villosa Fabricius, 1781
Anoxia villosa villosa Fabricius, 1781
Anoxia (Mesanoxia) australis Gyllenhal, 1817
Anoxia (Mesanoxia) matutinalis Laporte, 1832
Anoxia matutinalis corsicana Sabatinelli, 1976
Anoxia matutinalis matutinalis Laporte de C..., 1823
Anoxia (Protanoxia) orientalis Krynizky, 1832
Anoxia noctuabunda Leo, Garagna..., 2021
Aplidia transversa Fabricius, 1801
Camentoserica livida Boheman, 1860
Cheronia bonnemaisoni Croissandaeu, 1896
Chioneosoma (Aleucolomus) vulpinum Gyllenhall, 1817
Clitopa rufiventris Boheman, 1857
Colpochila punctiventris Blackburn, 1890
Cyclomera dispar Klug, 1855
Cyphochilus unidentatus Nomura, 1977
Cyphonotus incertus
Diaplochelus longipes Fabricius, 1787
Dichelonyx backi Kirby, 1837Green rose chafer
Dichelonyx linearis Gyllenhal, 1817
Dichelus dentipes Fabricius, 1781
Dichelus expansus Péringuey, 1902
Dicrania morio Kraatz, 1895
Dicrania nigra Serville, 1825
Dicrania unicolor Kraatz, 1895
Dicranocnemus squamosus Burmeister, 1844
Diplotaxis harperi Blanchard, 1851
Diplotaxis icarus Mccleve, 1993
Diplotaxis tristis Kirby, 1837
Empecamenta meruana Kolbe, 1910
Euserica (Euserica) mutata Gyllenhal, 1817
Euserica lucipeta Baraud, 1965
Euserica villarreali Baraud, 1975
Firminus beilleri Reiche, 1862
Firminus bellieri Reiche, 1862
Firminus fossulatus Mulsant & Rey, 1859
Firminus lautiusculus Schaufuss, 1864
Geotrogus genei C. É. Blanch..., 1851
Haplidia transversa (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Aplidia transversa Fabricius, 1801
Haplidia transversa transversa (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Aplidia transversa transversa Fabricius, 1801
Heterochelus molestus Péringuey, 1908
Holochelus (Miltotrogus) aequinoctialis Herbst, 1790
Holochelus (Miltotrogus) nocturnus Nonveiller, 1958
Holochelus (Miltotrogus) pilicollis Gyllenhall, 1817
Holochelus pilicollis pilicollis Gyllenhal, 1817
Holochelus (Miltotrogus) vernus Germar, 1823
Homaloplia (Acarina) spiraeae Pallas, 1776
Homaloplia (Acarina) spireae Pallas, 1776
Homaloplia (Homaloplia) alternata (Küster, 1849)⇒ Homaloplia spireae Pallas, 1776
Homaloplia (Homaloplia) nicolasi (Baraud, 1965)⇒ Omaloplia ruricola nicolasi Baraud, 1965
Homaloplia (Homaloplia) ruricola Fabricius, 1775
Hoplia (Hoplia) callipyge LeConte, 1856Aquatic oligochaete worm
Hoplia (Hoplia) trifasciata Say, 1823Three lined Hoplia
Hoplia argentea Poda, 1761
Hoplia brunnipes Bonelli, 1807
Hoplia coerulea Drury, 1773
Hoplia farinosa (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Hoplia philanthus Füessly, 1775
Hoplia graminicola Fabricius, 1792
Hoplia hungarica Burmeister, 1844
Hoplia philanthus Füessly, 1775Welsh Chafer
Hoplia philanthus philanthus Fuesslin, 1775
Hoplia praticola Duftschmidt, 1805
Hoplia pubicollis (Küster, 1849)⇒ Hoplia callipyge LeConte, 1856
Hoplia subnuda Reitter, 1903
Hymenoplia chevrolati Mulsant, 1842
Isocamenta amitina Kolbe, 1910
Isocamenta montana Kolbe, 1910
Isonychus phlaeopterus Blanchard, 1850
Khoina bilateralis Thunberg, 1818
Leucopholis irrorata (Chevrolat, 1841)⇒ Leucopholis jacquinoti Blanchard, 1851
Leucopholis pulverulenta Burmeister, 1855
Liparetrus curtulus Burmeister, 1855
Liparetrus striatus Blanchard, 1850
Liparetrus xanthotrichus Blanchard, 1850
Macrodactylus subspinosus Fabricius, 1775American Rose Chafer
Maechidius major Blackburn, 1888
Maladera (Maladera) holosericea Scopoli, 1772
Maladera cobosi Baraud, 1964
Melolontha (Melolontha) melolontha Linnaeus, 1758Cockchafer
Melolontha albida (Frivaldszky, 1835)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Melolontha greithiana O. Heer, 1847
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801Chestnut cockchafer
Melolontha hippocastani hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha pectoralis (Megerle von ..., 1812)⇒ Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha pectoralis pectoralis
Melolontha vulgaris (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus, 1758
Miltotrogus aequinoctialis Herbst, 1790
Miltotrogus nocturnus Nonveiller, 1958
Miltotrogus vernus
Monochelus inops Péringuey, 1902
Monochelus pulcher Péringuey, 1885
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) alternata Küster, 1849
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) hericius Chobaut, 1907
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) lonae Schatzmayr, 1923
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) marginata Fuessly, 1775
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) nicolasi Baraud, 1965
Omaloplia (Omaloplia) ruricola (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Omaloplia alternata Küster, 1849
Omaloplia ruricola nicolasi Baraud, 1965
Omaloplia ruricola ruricola Fabricius, 1775
Omaloplia corcyrae Baraud, 1965
Omaloplia hericia Chobaut, 1907
Omaloplia nigromarginata Herbst, 1786
Omaloplia spireae spireae
Pachycnema calviniana Schein, 1959
Pachycnema crassipes (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hoplocnemis spectabilis Péringuey, 1902
Peritrichia pistrinaria Péringuey, 1888
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) drakii Kirby, 1837
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) farcta LeConte, 1856Distended May beetle
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) fusca Frölich, 1792Northern June beetle
Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga) panorpa Sanderson, 1950
Phyllophaga cambeforti Cartwright &..., 1977
Phyllophaga dominicensis Cartwright &..., 1977
Phyllophaga plaei Blanchard, 1851
Phyllophaga polyphylla Bates, 1888
Phyllophaga valeriana (Saylor, 1934)⇒ Phyllophaga sanjosicola Saylor, 1935
Phyllotocus macleayi Fischer, 1823
Phyllotocus scutellaris MacLeay, 1864
Plectris neglecta Blanchard, 1850
Polyphylla (Mesopolyphylla) irrorata Gebler, 1841
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Polyphylla olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Polyphylla fullo fullo Linnaeus, 1758
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) hammondi LeConte, 1856Aquatic oligochaete worm
Polyphylla (Polyphylla) olivieri Castelnau, 1840
Polyphylla tridentata (Reitter, 1890)⇒ Polyphylla irrorata Gebler, 1841
Rhizotrogus (Amphimallon) solstitialis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Amphimallon volgense Fischer, 1823
Rhizotrogus aestivus A. G. Olivier, 1789
Rhizotrogus ater (Gebler, 1847)⇒ Amphimallon altaicum Mannerheim, 1825
Rhizotrogus cicatricosus Mulsant, 1842
Rhizotrogus genei (Blanchard, 1851)⇒ Geotrogus genei C. É. Blanch..., 1851
Rhizotrogus maculicollis Villa, 1833
Rhizotrogus marginipes Mulsant, 1842
Rhizotrogus mascarauxi Desbrochers, 1895
Rhizotrogus ochraceum (Motschulsky, 1860)⇒ Chioneosoma vulpinum Gyllenhall, 1817
Rhizotrogus sassariensis Perris, 1870
Rhizotrogus tingis (Baraud, 1971)⇒ Rhizotrogus carduorum Erichson, 1841
Rhizotrogus vicinus (Mulsant, 1842)⇒ Amadotrogus vicinus Mulsant, 1842
Scaphorhina hirticollis Waterhouse, 1875
Schizonycha divulsa Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha elegans Péringuey, 1904
Schizonycha mimocontinens Pope, 1960
Schizonycha spuria Péringuey, 1904
Serica (Serica) brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Serica similis Lewis, 1895
Serica acontia Dawson, 1933
Serica atracapilla Kirby, 1837
Serica brunna Linnaeus, 1758
Serica curvata LeConte, 1856Aquatic oligochaete worm
Serica similis Lewis, 1895
Serica simillima Kobayashi, 1983
Sericesthis harti Sharp, 1890Yellowhead Cockchafer
Sphaerotrochalus rufosignatus Kolbe, 1910
Stigmatoplia nikolaji Dombrow, 2001
Triodontella aquila Laporte, 1840
Triodontella bucculenta Baraud, 1962
Triodontella castiliana Baraud, 1961
Triodontella castillana Baraud, 1961
Triodontella corsica Baraud & Sch..., 1959
Triodontella cribellata Fairmaire, 1859
Triodontella lajonquierei Baraud, 1961
Triodontella meruana Kolbe, 1910
Triodontella raymondi Perris, 1870
Trochalus sericeus Frey, 1970

Subnodes of Melolonthinae with occurrences in West Europe
TribeAblaberini
Blanchard, 1850
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDichelonychini
Burmeister, 1855
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeDiplotaxini
Burmeister, 1855
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHopliini
Burmeister, 1855
Monkey beetles
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLiparetrini
Burmeister, 1855
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMacrodactylini
Burmeister, 1855
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMaechidini
Burmeister, 1855
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelolonthini
Leach in Samouelle, 1819
23
85
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePachydemini
Reitter, 1902
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeScitalini
Britton, 1957
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSericini
Hope, 1837
11
42
Genera
Species

Taxom



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