Amphimallon fallenii (Gyllenhal, 1817)
(a chafer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmphimallon fallenii (a chafer)
GenusAmphimallon (a genus of chafers)
SubfamilyMELOLONTHINAE (cockchafers)
FamilySCARABAEIDAE (scarab, dung and carrion beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Krell, F.-T. & Rößner, E. 2009 2009 The British Amphimallon ochraceum (Knoch) is A. fallenii (Gyllenhal) (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) The Coleopterist 18: 15-16.

Amphimallon fallenii (a chafer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amphimallon fallenii (a chafer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amphimallon fallenii (a chafer)
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