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Melolonthina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Melolonthina was named by Leach (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Melolonthini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Melolonthina Leach
2011Melolonthina Bouchard et al. p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyMelolonthinae()
tribeMelolonthini
subtribeMelolonthina
subtribeMelolonthina

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.

Subtr. Melolonthina Leach 1819
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G. Melolontha Fabricius 1775
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Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus 1758
Melolontha solitaria Novák 1878
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 Chattian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Melolontha sp. (122010)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic Melolontha solitaria (117612)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Melalontha melalontha (168264 168265 168266 168267)