Definition of Melolonthidae

1. Noun. Considered a separate family in some classification systems.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Melolonthidae

Melkonian
Melkonyan
Mellaril
Mellissa
Mellivora
Mellivora capensis
Mellon
Melnick-Needles syndrome
Melocactus
Melodie
Melody
Melogale
Meloidae
Melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Melolonthidae (current term)
Melony
Melophagus
Melophagus ovinus
Melopsittacus
Melopsittacus undulatus
Melospiza
Melospiza georgiana
Melospiza melodia
Melpomene
Melpomenean
Meltzer's law
Meltzer-Lyon test
Melungeon
Melungeons

Literary usage of Melolonthidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Described Diptera of North America by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1862)
"... as in the genuine Melolonthidae; the sixth ventral is somewhat triangular, and unites with the pygidium to form a freely moving conical mass. ..."

2. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1878)
"Let us turn to the Melolonthidae, of which the common and destructive insect known as the cockchafer may serve as the type. Their early life is spent in ..."

3. Report by Oklahoma Adjutant-general's office (1859)
"Melolonthidae.) Feeding on the leaves in June and July, beetles resembling the common May beetle, No. 76, but of a much smaller size, being only 0.35 long, ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"... they ought, on the theory we are examining, to be at least correspondingly beautiful. Let us turn to the Melolonthidae, of which the ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1879)
"Synopsis of the Melolonthidae of the United States " JL LeConte. " Catalogue of Coleoptera adjacent to the Boundary Line between the United States and ..."

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