Melolontha hippocastani

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: Melolonthina
Genus: Melolontha
Species: Melolontha hippocastani
Name

Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Synonyms

Melolontha hippocastani aethiops Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha hippocastani albicaus Stierlin, 1863
Melolontha hippocastani amasicola Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha hippocastani baicalica Reitter, 1892
Melolontha hippocastani coronata Mulsant, 1842
Melolontha hippocastani discoidalis Dallatorre, 1879
Melolontha hippocastani festiva Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha hippocastani fuscicollis Kraatz, 1885
Melolontha hippocastani metzleri Westhoff, 1884
Melolontha hippocastani nigricollis Mulsant, 1842
Melolontha hippocastani picea Wanach, 1906
Melolontha hippocastani rex Dallatorre, 1879
Melolontha hippocastani romana Reitter, 1887
Melolontha hippocastani schwarzi Kraatz, 1888
Melolontha hippocastani sefcaki Fleischer, 1912
Melolontha hippocastani suturalis Kraatz, 1897
Melolontha hippocastani tibialis Mulsant, 1842
Melolontha melolontha mulsanti Bedel, 1911
Melolontha nigripes Comolli, 1837
Melolontha pectoralis Megerle, 1812
Melolontha vulgaris Olivier, 1789

References
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Impensis bibliopoli academici novi, Kiliae, 687 pp. Online. Reference page.

Additional references

Tereba, A. & Niemczyk, M. 2017. Variability and Cross-Species Amplification of Microsatellite Loci in Melolontha melolontha and Melolontha hippocastani (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Entomological news 127(3): 192–197. DOI: 10.3157/021.127.0303

Vernacular names
čeština: Chroust maďalový
Deutsch: Waldmaikäfer
English: Forest Cockchafer
فارسی: سوسک طلایی
suomi: Kesäturilas, kastanjaturilas
magyar: Erdei cserebogár
Ido: Melolonto
polski: Chrabąszcz kasztanowy
русский: Восточный майский хрущ
slovenčina: Chrúst pagaštanový