Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1819. Taxonomic names. The Entomologist’s Useful Compendium; or an Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects, Comprising the Best Means of Obtaining and Preserving them, and a Description of the Apparatus Generally Used; Together with the Genera of Linné, and the Modern Method of Arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, Spiders, Mites and Insects, from their Affinities and Structure, According to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an Explanation of the Terms Used in Entomology; a Calendar of the Times of Appearance and Usual Situations of near 3,000 Species of British Insects 1-448
Parent taxon: Melolonthinae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2024
See also Bouchard et al. 2011 and Statz 1952
Sister taxa: Cretomelolonthini, Diplotaxini, Eophyllocerus, Euchirini, Hopliini, Macrodactylini, Rhizotrogini
Subtaxa: Melolontha Melolonthina Melolonthites Miolachnosterna Schizonychina
Type: Melolontha
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
• Pliocene of Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Tennessee)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences