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Melolonthini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Melolonthina Leach
1819Melolonthini Leach
1952Melolonthini Statz p. 9
2011Melolonthini Bouchard et al. p. 251
2011Melolonthina Bouchard et al. p. 252
2024Melolonthini Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyMelolonthinae()
tribeMelolonthini
tribeMelolonthini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Melolonthini Leach 1819
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G. Melolontha Fabricius 1775
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Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus 1758
†Melolontha solitaria Novák 1878
G. †Melolonthites Heer 1847
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†Melolonthites collinsi Wickham 1929
†Melolonthites interemtus Cockerell 1926
†Melolonthites kollari Heer 1847
G. †Miolachnosterna Wickham 1914
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Invalid names: Melolonthina Leach 1819 [invalid subgroup], Schizonychina Burmeister 1855 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Tennessee) Melolonthites collinsi (151872 151873)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Miolachnosterna tristoides (106384)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Melolontha sp. (122010)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Russian Federation Melolonthites interemtus (113705)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia Melolontha solitaria (117612)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria (Steiermark) Melolonthites parschlugiana, Melolonthites kollari (115306)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Melolonthites aciculata (117338) Melolonthites deperdita, Melolonthites lavateri (115304) Melolonthites obsoleta (113695)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Schizonychini indet. (130018)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Melolonthites laterosinuatus (113994)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Melalontha melalontha (168264 168265 168266 168267)