Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus)

Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, Deloya, Cuauhtémoc & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2017, Teratological Cases in Five Species of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with a Compilation of Teratologies in Scarabaeoidea, The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 329-338 : 336

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458203

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scientific name

Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus)
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Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus)

Teratology. Malformation of the right proleg, incomplete development about 1/3 of normal. Binary schistomely in antennae. Ternary schistomely in left hind leg. Atrophy in right mid-leg; only the femur is developed. Atrophy in right hind leg; reduction of tarsomeres. Pronotoschisis; complete bipartition of the pronotum.

References. Mocquerys (1880), Balzuc (1948), Kofler (1978).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melolonthidae

Genus

Melolontha

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