Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Melolonthidae > Subfamily Melolonthinae > Tribe Melolonthini > Genus Melolontha

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melolontha*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scarabaeus melolontha*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Melolontha albida*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha albida*	Redtenbacher, 1849	subjective synonym
*Melolontha asiatica*	Brenske, 1900	subjective synonym
*Melolontha colopyga*	Petz, 1905	subjective synonym
*Melolontha discicollis*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha femoralis*	Kraatz, 1885	subjective synonym
*Melolontha funesta*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha humeralis*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha luctuosa*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha lugubris*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha marginata*	Kraatz, 1888	subjective synonym
*Melolontha melanopus*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha nigra*	Kellner, 1877	subjective synonym
*Melolontha nigritarsis*	Pfanneberg, 1905	subjective synonym
*Melolontha obscuripes*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha pulcherrima*	Dalla Torre, 1879	subjective synonym
*Melolontha ruficeps*	Kraatz, 1885	subjective synonym
*Melolontha ruficollis*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Melolontha scapularis*	Westhoff, 1884	subjective synonym
*Melolontha vulgaris*	Fabricius, 1775	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus majalis*	Moll, 1785	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: idhnaku; zhuzhaku i majit sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: Almindelig oldenborre sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Gewone meikever sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Common Cockchafer sources: Charles Hussey

German: Feldmaikäfer; Gemeiner Maikäfer sources: Germany PESI focal point

Greek: Μηλολόνθη sources: Greek PESI focal point

Lithuanian: paprastasis grambuolys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Russian: западный майский жук sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: majski hrošč sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Swedish: ollonborre

Turkish: Mayıs böceği sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Хрущ травневий західний

Taxon found in 133 publications.

Genbank

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Maria del Milagro Coca-Abia. Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=257676