Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Melolonthidae (May beetles)

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

Feldmaikäfer Common Cockchafer

Synonyms and other combinations: ∇
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9994
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:46:23
    Image number: 9994
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:46:23
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9995
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:51:25
    Image number: 9995
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:51:25
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9996
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:50:07
    Image number: 9996
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:50:07
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9997
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:50:12
    Image number: 9997
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:50:12
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9998
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:53:57
    Image number: 9998
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:53:57
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 9999
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:55:21
    Image number: 9999
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:55:21
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Melolontha melolontha, male 10000
    Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)  Feldmaikäfer  Common Cockchafer 
    Melolontha melolontha, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2021-06-02 22:55:21
    Image number: 10000
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2021-06-02 22:55:21

Classification:
Melolontha melolontha belongs to the subfamily Melolonthinae.
Distribution:
Palaearctic (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Netherlands, Germany, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Montenegro, Ukraine, Russia)

References, further reading, links:
  1. Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  3. Krell, Frank-Thorsten. (2004). Bestimmung von Larven und Imagines der mitteleuropäischen Melolontha-Arten (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). - Identification of larvae and adults of the central European Melolontha species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Laimburg Journal. 1. 211-219.
  4. Detlef Mader (2011): Mondgesteuerter Schwärmflug dämmerungsaktiver Großkäfer (Maikäfer, Hirschkäfer, Junikäfer und Sägebock) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Lucanidae und Cerambycidae) – Galathea, Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen e.V. – 27: 5 - 42.