Subtribe Melolonthina Leach 1819 (scarab beetle)

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: Melolonthini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Phyllophaga, Rhizotrogina, Schizonychina

Subtaxa: Melolontha

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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