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Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods »  class Insecta - Insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  family Scarabaeidae - scarabs

Scientific synonyms

Melolontha asiatica Brenske, 1900
Melolontha colopyga Petz, 1905
Melolontha funesta Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha humeralis Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha luctuosa Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha marginata Kraatz, 1888
Melolontha melanopus Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha nigritarsis Pfanneberg, 1905
Melolontha obscuripes Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha ruficeps Kraatz, 1885

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Images

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

male

Author: Josef Dvořák

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

Author: Ondřej Zicha

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha var. redtenbacheri

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

male

Author: Josef Dvořák

Melolontha melolontha - Common Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha var. pulcherrima

Melolontha melolontha var. pulcherrima

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Czech Republic, Slovakia

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 6

varietas Melolontha melolentha var. discicollis Mulsant, 1842
varietas Melolontha melolentha var. femoralis Kraatz, 1885
varietas Melolontha melolentha var. lugubris Mulsant, 1842
varietas Melolontha melolentha var. ruficollis Mulsant, 1842

Melolontha melolentha var. ruficollis

varietas Melolontha melolontha var. pulcherrima Dalla Torre, 1879

Melolontha melolontha var. pulcherrima

varietas Melolontha melolontha var. redtenbacheri Della Torre

Melolontha melolontha var. redtenbacheri


Links and literature

CZ Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [melolontha-melolontha]
Trnka F. (ed.): Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [http://www.naturabohemica.cz]
EN ARKive [/common-cockchafer/melolontha-melolontha/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [257676] [as Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN InvertebrateIreland Online [1707]
InvertebrateIreland Online [http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIr...]
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