Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Rutelidae (Shining leaf chafers)
Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gartenlaubkäfer Bracken Chafer
Synonyms and other combinations:
Scarabaeus horticola Linnaeus, 1758 | Anisoplia horticola ustulatipennis Villa, 1833 | Melolontha adiaphorus Poda, 1761 | Phyllopertha cyanocaphala Mulsant, 1842 | Phyllopertha horticola discordans Meissner, 1907 | Phyllopertha horticola macularis Mulsant, 1842 | Phyllopertha horticola perrisi Mulsant, 1842 | Phyllopertha horticola rufipes Dalla Torre, 1879 | Phyllopertha horticola rufiventris Westhoff, 1882 | Phyllopertha maculata Dalla Torre, 1879 | Phyllopertha metallica Dalla Torre, 1879 | Phyllopertha nigra Dalla Torre, 1879 | Phyllopertha suturalis Stephens, 1839 | Scarabaeus viridicollis De Geer, 1774 |
Further vernacular names:
Garden Chafer, Garden Foliage BeetleReferences, further reading, links:
- 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.
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet