| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda - Arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 |
| class | Insecta - Insects |
| subclass | Pterygota |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| cohors | Holometabola |
| order | Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - beetles |
| suborder | Polyphaga Emery, 1886 |
| infraorder | Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960 |
| superfamily | Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| family | Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 - scarabs |
| subfamily | Melolonthinae Leach, 1819 |
| tribus | Melolonthini Samouelle, 1819 |
| subtribus | Melolonthina Leach, 1819 |
| genus | Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 |
| species | Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Cockchafer |
| varietas | Melolontha melolentha var. discicollis Mulsant, 1842 |