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Melolontha is a genus of beetles in the family of the dung beetles. The European cockchafers are a species of this genus.
Species
The following is a list of species within the genus Melolontha:
- Melolontha aceris Faldermann, 1835
- Melolontha afflicta Ballion, 1870
- Melolontha albida Frivaldszky, 1835
- Melolontha anita Reitter, 1902
- Melolontha argus Burmeister 1855?
- Melolontha bifurcata (Brenske, 1896)
- Melolontha chinensis (Guerin, 1838)
- Melolontha ciliciensis Petrovitz
- Melolontha flabellata Sharp, 1876
- Melolontha frater, Indonesia, Arrow 1913
- Melolontha fuscotestacea Kraatz, 1887
- Melolontha guttigera Sharp, 1876
- Melolontha hippocastani, European cockchafer
- Melolontha incana Motchulsky, 1853
- Melolontha insulana Burmeister 1939?
- Melolontha japonica Burmeister, 1855
- Melolontha kraatzi Reitter 1906
- Melolontha melolontha, European cockchafer
- Melolontha papposa Illiger 1803
- Melolontha pectoralis, European cockchafer
- Melolontha rubiginosa
- Melolontha rufocrassa Fairmaire, 1889
- Melolontha satsumaenis Nijma and Kinoshita
- Melolontha virescens (Brenske, 1896)
Note: this list should be verified by an entomologist; it may contain duplicates (when a species is known under more than one scientific name) or obsolete scientific names, or it may be incomplete. The taxonomic authorities also have not been verified.