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Melolontha melolontha
Taxonomy
Scarabaeus melolontha was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Melalontha melalontha by Green et al. (2006); it was recombined as Melolontha melolontha by Clapham (2023).
It was recombined as Melalontha melalontha by Green et al. (2006); it was recombined as Melolontha melolontha by Clapham (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Scarabaeus melolontha Linnaeus p. 351 |
| 1761 | Scarabaeus melolontha Linnaeus p. 136 |
| 1763 | Scarabaeus melolontha Scopoli p. 7 fig. 16 |
| 1767 | Scarabaeus melolontha Linnaeus p. 554 |
| 1774 | Scarabaeus melolontha De Geer p. 273 |
| 1776 | Scarabaeus melolontha Müller p. 54 |
| 1777 | Scarabaeus melolontha Goeze p. 37 |
| 2006 | Melalontha melalontha Green et al. |
| 2023 | Melolontha melolontha Clapham |
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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.
Melolontha melolontha Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Melalontha melalontha (168264 168265 168266 168267) |