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Melolontha
Taxonomy
Melolontha was named by Fabricius (1775). It is extant. It is the type genus of Melolonthidae, Melolonthini.
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Scarabaeides by Latreille (1802); to Melolonthinae by Krell (2000); to Scarabaeidae by Green et al. (2006); to Melolonthina by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Melolonthini by Statz (1952), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).
It was assigned to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775); to Coleoptera by Müller (1776), Latreille (1796); to Scarabaeides by Latreille (1802); to Melolonthinae by Krell (2000); to Scarabaeidae by Green et al. (2006); to Melolonthina by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Melolonthini by Statz (1952), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1775 | Melolontha Fabricius p. 31 |
| 1776 | Melolontha Müller p. 57 |
| 1796 | Melolontha Latreille p. 4 |
| 1802 | Melolontha Latreille p. 148 |
| 1952 | Melolontha Statz p. 9 |
| 2000 | Melolontha Krell p. 882 |
| 2006 | Melalontha Green et al. |
| 2011 | Melolontha Bouchard et al. p. 251 |
| 2024 | Melolontha Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 125 |
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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.
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
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | M. sp. (122010) | |
| MN 4 | Czechia | M. solitaria (117612) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Melalontha melalontha (168264 168265 168266 168267) |