Amphimallon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Melolonthini
Subtribus: Rhizotrogina
Genus: Amphimallon
Species (78): A. adanense – A. alatavicum – A. alexandri – A. altaicum – A. altifrons – A. amphibolum – A. arianae – A. arnoldii – A. assimile – A. atrum – A. besnardi – A. brucki – A. burmeisteri – A. cantabricum – A. circassicum – A. circumligatum – A. crinitus – A. dalmatinum – A. evorense – A. fallenii – A. fissiceps – A. furvum – A. fuscum – A. galleti – A. gianfranceschii – A. helenae – A. insculptus – A. javeti – A. jeannae – A. jeannei – A. jedlickai – A. julieni – A. kalliesi – A. keithi – A. krali – A. leuthneri – A. litigiosus – A. lusitanicum – A. maevae – A. majale – A. maniense – A. melillanum – A. menori – A. modestus – A. montanum – A. mussardi – A. naceyroi – A. nigripenne – A. nigrum – A. obscurus – A. occidentalis – A. ochraceum – A. pardoi – A. peropacus – A. pini – A. pseudomajale – A. pygiale – A. roris – A. ruficorne – A. safiense – A. sainzi – A. scutellaris – A. seidlitzi – A. semenovi – A. sogdianum – A. solstitiale – A. spartanum – A. subcristatus – A. subparallelum – A. suturalis – A. theryi – A. variolatus – A. vernale – A. verticale – A. vitalei – A. vivesi – A. volgense – A. vulpecula – A. zorni
Name

Amphimallon Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
References

Keith, D. 2009: A new species of Amphimallon from Tunisia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthidae). Nouvelle revue d'entomologie, 25: 353–356.
Keith, D. 2010: Description d’un nouvel Amphimallon de Grèce. L'Entomologiste, 66(3): 113–115.
Montreuil, O. 2000: Cladistic systematics of the genus Amphimallon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). European journal of entomology, 97(2): 253–270. ISSN: 1210-5759 PDF
Montreuil, O. 2008: Biogeographic hypothesis explaining the diversity of the genus Amphimallon Berthold, 1827, in the Mediterranean Basin (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Rhizotrogini). Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 259: 436–452. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.030 PDF
Uliana, M. & Montreuil, O. 2022. A new species of Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from continental Greece. Zootaxa 5087(2): 372–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.7. Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 1, 2017]

Amphimallon is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2]
Species

Amphimallon altaicum
Amphimallon arianae
Amphimallon assimile
Amphimallon atrum
Amphimallon bruckii
Amphimallon burmeisteri
Amphimallon cantabricum
Amphimallon evorense
Amphimallon furvum
Amphimallon fuscum
Amphimallon gianfranceschii
Amphimallon javeti
Amphimallon jeannei
Amphimallon jenrichi
Amphimallon keithi
Amphimallon krali
Amphimallon lusitanicum
Amphimallon maevae
Amphimallon majale – European chafer
Amphimallon maniense
Amphimallon menori
Amphimallon naceyroi
Amphimallon nigripenne
Amphimallon nigrum
Amphimallon occidentale
Amphimallon ochraceum
Amphimallon peropacum
Amphimallon pini
Amphimallon pseudomajale
Amphimallon pygiale
Amphimallon roris
Amphimallon ruficorne
Amphimallon sainzi
Amphimallon seidlitzi
Amphimallon solstitiale – summer chafer, European June beetle
Amphimallon spartanum
Amphimallon verticale
Amphimallon vitalei
Amphimallon vivesi
Amphimallon volgense

References

"How to identify a cockchafer May bug". Natural History Museum. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
"Amphimallon Berthold 1827". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2015.