| Order | COLEOPTERA |
| Sub-order | Polyphaga |
| Family | CETONIIDAE |
| Sub-family | CETONIINAE |
| Tribe | Goliathini |
| Genus | Anisorrhina (Melinesthes) Kraatz, 1880 |
| Taxon | Anisorrhina (Melinesthes) simillima (Kraatz, 1880) |
| Citation | 2 |
| Type | 1 |
| Citations : | ||||
| Citation | Author, year | Country | Publication | Reference |
| Melinesthes simillima | KRAATZ Gustav, 1880 | Africa medridionalis | Genera Nova Cetonidarum. | Entomologische Monatsblätter, 12 : 17-30. |
| Heterorrhina simillima n.sp. | KRAATZ Gustav, 1880 | Genera Nova Cetonidarum. | Entomologische Monatsblätter, 12 : 17-30. |
| Types : | |||||||||
| Type name | Type | Sex | Collection | Institution | Country | Region | Locality | Date | Collector |
| Melinesthes simillima Kraatz, 1880 | Type | I | Africa meridionalis |