MELOLONTHINAE Leach in Samouelle, 1819
(cockchafers)

MELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Amphimallon
a genus of chafers
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms 2 references
Melolontha
cockchafers
Genus 1 subtaxa 7 trophisms 4 references
Omaloplia ruricola
a chafer
Species 1 references
Serica brunnea
Brown Chafer
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers)
FamilySCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers)

MELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers):

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