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 pectoralis Megerle, 1812

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melolontha*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Melolontha aceris*	Erichson, 1847	subjective synonym
*Melolontha albida*	Laporte de Castelnau, 1840	subjective synonym
*Melolontha farinosa*	Pittino, 1891	subjective synonym
*Melolontha farinosa*	Kraatz, 1866	subjective synonym
*Melolontha femoralis*	Reitter, 1887	subjective synonym
*Melolontha fosca*	Reitter, 1902	subjective synonym
*Melolontha fuscotestacea*	Reitter, 1887	subjective synonym
*Melolontha ilsia*	Reitter, 1902	subjective synonym
*Melolontha nigritula*	Kraatz, 1885	subjective synonym
*Melolontha pectoralis*	Germar, 1824	subjective synonym
*Melolontha pectoralis*	Krell & Frey, 1992	subjective synonym
*Melolontha rhenana*	Bach, 1845	subjective synonym
*Melolontha rufithorax*	Kraatz, 1885	subjective synonym
*Melolontha satema*	Reitter, 1902	subjective synonym
*Melolontha soror*	Marseul, 1879	subjective synonym
*Melolontha spatulata*	Ballion, 1870	subjective synonym
*Melolontha velebitica*	Muller, 1902	subjective synonym

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Citation

Dr Maria del Milagro Coca-Abia. Melolontha pectoralis Megerle, 1812. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=257702