Melolontha hippocastani, Fabricius, 1801

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10979877
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11447602
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F88A05-FFA6-C51C-FDCB-FD71FBAEFBA4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Melolontha hippocastani
status

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65. M. hippocastani Fabricius, 1801 View in CoL

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.