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Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Cockchafer Maybeetle

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio X. Laurentii Salvi, Holmiae :1-824. http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN362053006
Synonym Source
Melolontha femoralis Kraatz, 1885 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris femoralis Kraatz, 1885 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kraatz, G. (1885). Ueber die Artrechte der europäischen und die Varietäten der deutschen Maikäfer. Zweites Stück. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 29:49-73. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Deutsche-Ent-Zeitschrift_29_1885_0049-0073.pdf
Melolontha vulgaris funesta Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha humeralis Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha discicollis Mulsant, 1842 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris nigropygidialis Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha marginata Kraatz, 1888 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris pulcherrima Dalla Torre, 1879 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Dalla Torre, K. W. (1879). Systematiches Verzeichnis der in Oberösterreich bis jetz beobachteten Käfer. Jahresbericht Des Vereins Fur Naturkunde in Oestereich Ob Der Enns. Linz 10:1-125. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VNodE_0010_0001-0125.pdf
Melolontha ruficeps Kraatz, 1885 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris nigromarginalis Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha nigritarsis Pfanneberg, 1905 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Pfanneberg, G. (1905). Ein Nigrino von Melolontha vulgaris. Entomologische Zeitschrift 19:44. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitschrift_19_0044.pdf
Melolontha melolontha colpopyga Petz, 1905 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Petz, J. (1905). Coleopterologische Notizen. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. Wien 24:100. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEZ_24_0100.pdf
Melolontha lugubris Mulsant, 1842 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris lugubris Mulsant, 1842 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mulsant, E. (1842). Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris, Lyon :1-623. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9803984g/f9.item
Melolontha vulgaris discicollis Mulsant, 1842 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mulsant, E. (1842). Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris, Lyon :1-623. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9803984g/f9.item
Melolontha obscuripes Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha albida Mulsant, 1842 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mulsant, E. (1842). Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris, Lyon :1-623. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9803984g/f9.item
Melolontha vulgaris humeralis Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha luctuosa Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha colopyga Petz, 1905 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melalontha melalontha (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Scarabaeus melolontha Linnaeus, 1758 homotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha melanopus Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris obscuripes Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha albida Redtenbacher, 1849 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha ruficollis Mulsant, 1842 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris ruficeps Kraatz, 1885 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kraatz, G. (1885). Ueber die Artrechte der europäischen und die Varietäten der deutschen Maikäfer. Zweites Stück. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 29:49-73. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Deutsche-Ent-Zeitschrift_29_1885_0049-0073.pdf
Melolontha pulcherrima Dalla Torre, 1879 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris scapularis Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha vulgaris bioculatus Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha vulgaris Fabricius, 1775 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Fabricius, J. C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Officina Libraria Kortii ; Flensburgi & Lipsiae 30 + 1-832. http://www.archive.org/download/systemaentomolog00fabr/systemaentomolog00fabr.pdf
Melolontha vulgaris ruficollis Mulsant, 1842 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Mulsant, E. (1842). Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris, Lyon :1-623. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9803984g/f9.item
Melolontha scapularis Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris luctuosa Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha vulgaris unicolor Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha vulgaris bipunctatus Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha vulgaris melanopus Westhoff, 1884 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Westhoff, F. (1884). Ueber die Farben- und Behaarungs-Varietäten der Melolontha vulgaris Fabr. und Hippocastani Fabr. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 28:55-75. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berliner-Ent-Zeitschrift_28_0055-0075.pdf
Melolontha nigra Kellner, 1877 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris marginata Kraatz, 1888 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kraatz, G. (1888). Ueber das Vorkommen von Melolontha vulgaris und hippocastani. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 32:363. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Deutsche-Ent-Zeitschrift_32_1888_0363.pdf
Melolontha asiatica Brenske, 1900 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha melolontha amblypyga Lomnicky, 1923 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Lomnicki, J. (1923). Sur un cas d’amblypygie chez Melolontha melolontha Linné. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, Lemberg 2:1-2. https://archive.org/download/biostor-72313/biostor-72313.pdf
Melolontha vulgaris nigroapicalis Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha vulgaris unipunctatus Papp, 1943 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Papp, K. (1943). A magyar bogárfauna határozója. Budapest, Ruszkabányai Könyvkiadó Vállalat :1-477 (440-465).
Melolontha funesta Westhoff, 1884 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Melolontha vulgaris nigra Kellner, 1876 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kellner, A. (1876). Verzeichniss der Käfer Thüringens mit Angabe der nützlichen und der für Forst-, Land- und Gartenwirtschaft schädlichen Arten. Zeitschrift Für Die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften (N.F.) 14(48):341-472 (403-406). http://www.archive.org/stream/zeitschriftfrd1314natu#page/341/mode/1up
Melolontha redtenbacheri Dalla Torre, 1912 synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Dalla Torre, K. W. (1912). Melolonthinae III. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol.49. W. Junk & S. Schenkling :135-290. http://www.archive.org/download/coleopterorumcat20sche/coleopterorumcat20sche.pdf
Scarabaeus majalis Moll, 1785 heterotypic synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Moll, C. E. (1785). Fortzetzung der Kolbenkäfer. Schrank Von Paula F.P. & Moll K.E., Naturhistorische Briefe Über Oesterreich, Salzburg, Passau Und Berchtesgaden. Salzburg, Joh.Jos.Maner 1:1-332 (103, 153-194). http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN577927566
Common Name Source
Cockchafer
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:NCBI Taxonomy
Cockchafer Maybeetle Belgium
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Belgian Species List
Common Cockchafer
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
May Beetle
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
May Bug
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
Maybug
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:NCBI Taxonomy
White Grub
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)
Feldmaikäfer German
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Feldmaikäfer German Germany
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Taxon list of animals with German names (worldwide) compiled at the SMNS
Feldmaikäfers German Belgium
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Belgian Species List
Maykäfer German
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Hanneton French
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Hanneton French
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Almindelig Oldenborre Danish Denmark
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:National checklist of all species occurring in Denmark
Gewone Meikever Dutch
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Checklist Dutch Species Register - Nederlands Soortenregister
Gewone Meikever, Mulder Dutch Belgium
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Belgian Species List
Meikever Dutch
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Meikever Dutch
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Mulder Dutch
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Checklist Dutch Species Register - Nederlands Soortenregister
Májusi Cserebogár Hungarian
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Catalogue of Life Checklist
Oldenborre Danish Denmark
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:National checklist of all species occurring in Denmark
Ollonborre Swedish Sweden
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Vanlig Ollonborre Swedish Sweden
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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Animalia
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Arthropoda
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Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
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Melolontha
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Melolontha melolontha
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BOLD:AAX4777 
unranked
BOLD:ACD4430 
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