Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Melolontha pinguis.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Walker ni adtong 1859.^[2] Ang Melolontha pinguis sakop sa kahenera nga Melolontha, ug kabanay nga Melolonthidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Asya
  • Sri Lanka

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54734539. Retrieved 2019-11-11. ((cite web)): |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Walker F. (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects , The Annals and Magazine of natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology. London 3(3):50-56
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.