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Melolontha
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Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
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Melolontha is a genus of insects classified within the family Scarabaeidae. It belongs to the order Coleoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The genus is part of the tribe Melolonthini. This taxon was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Records for this genus are held by several institutions, including LACM, ASU, AUM, TAMU, and CHAS. Specimens have been documented in Germany, Switzerland, Russia, India, and Thailand. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists 135,775 occurrences for the genus, while iDigBio contains 220 records and six media files. The subject is referenced by twelve other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 220
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- LACM, ASU, AUM, TAMU, CHAS, PSUC
- Recorded in
- Germany, Switzerland, Russia, India, Thailand, Hungary, Czech Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melolonthini
- Image
- Maybug.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melolontha
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Melolontha
- topic's main category
- Category:Melolontha
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. The European cockchafers belong to this genus.
==Taxonomy==
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