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Definition of Melolonthidae
1. Noun. Considered a separate family in some classification systems.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Family Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeidae
Member holonyms: Genus Melolontha, Melolontha, Genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melolonthidae
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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