Melolonthini Reitter, 1901

Alekseev, Vitalii I., 2018, Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 18 (2), pp. 111-152 : 136

Tribe Melolonthini Reitter, 1901 Genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775

65. M. hippocastani Fabricius, 1801

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000; Alekseev & Shapoval 2014.

Voucher specimens: 1 [Dolzhanskoe, 28 June 1997].

Kaliningrad Region: “Common, especially in forests”; Krasn.

Comments: Formerly widespread in the region forest species, found in research period in north-eastern part of the Region only, where is locally distributed and occasional. The regional population decline in XX century is evident.

66. M. melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lentz 1879 (vulgaris Fabr.); Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000; Alekseev & Shapoval 2011a, b, 2013, 2014, 2016; Alekseev 2014; Drotikova et al. 2015.

Voucher specimens: 2 [Cherniakhovsk, 08 May 1987; 23 km of the Curonian Spit, 20 May 2012].

Kaliningrad Region: Common everywhere, Zel. (Palmnicken); Bagr., Chern., Gur., Gus., Gvard., Nest., Oz., Pol., Pravd., Slav., Zel .

Comments: Widely distributed and locally very abundant species associated with forest edges, deciduous parks, shrubs and groves throughout the Region. There was observed a large number of individuals in aggregations along the Baltic seaside in several years (Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Shapoval 2014).