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Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fabricius, J. C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Impensis Bibliopoli Academici Novi, Kiliae:1-687. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97106v

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
genus
Melolontha
species
Melolontha hippocastani

Name

Synonyms
Melolontha aethiops Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha albicans Stierlin, 1862
Melolontha amasicola Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha baicalica Reitter, 1892
Melolontha coronata Mulsant, 1842
Melolontha discoidalis Dalla Torre, 1879
Melolontha festiva Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha fuscicollis Kraatz, 1885
Melolontha metzleri Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha mulsanti Bedel, 1911
Melolontha nigricollis Mulsant, 1842
Melolontha picea Wanac, 1906
Melolontha rex Dalla Torre, 1879
Melolontha romana Reitter, 1887
Melolontha schwarzi Kraatz, 1888
Melolontha suturalis Kraatz, 1887
Melolontha tibialis Mulsant, 1842
Homonyms
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Common names
Grand hanneton forestier in French
Northern Cockchafer in English
Sortrandet oldenborre in Danish
Waldmaikäfer in German
Waldmaikäfer in German
Waldmaikäfer in German
chestnut cockchafer in English
kesäturilas in Finnish
zandmeikever, kastanjemeikever, hollandse meikever in Dutch
Bosmeikever in Dutch
Northern Cockchafer in English
kastanjeborre in Swedish
kastanjeoldenborre in Norwegian Bokmål
Hollandse meikever in Dutch
Kastanjemeikever in Dutch
Woudmeikever in Dutch
Zandmeikever in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Lundberg & Gustafsson (1995) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae
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