Meligethes

Summary

Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.[1][2][3]

Meligethes
Meligethes atratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Meligethinae
Genus: MeligethesStephens, 1830
Meligethes atratus

Species edit

These 81 species belong to the genus Meligethes:

  • Meligethes amei
  • Meligethes atramentarius Förster, 1849
  • Meligethes atratus (Olivier, 1790)
  • Meligethes aurantirugosus
  • Meligethes aurifer Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
  • Meligethes auripilis
  • Meligethes auropilosus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
  • Meligethes aurorugosus
  • Meligethes bidens Brisout de Barneville, 1863
  • Meligethes bidentatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
  • Meligethes binotatus Grouvelle, 1894
  • Meligethes brunnicornis Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes buyssoni Brisout de Barneville, 1882
  • Meligethes cardaminicola Audisio & Cline, 2015
  • Meligethes chinensis
  • Meligethes cinereoargenteus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
  • Meligethes coeruleivirens Förster, 1849
  • Meligethes corvinus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes cyaneus Easton
  • Meligethes denticulatus (Heer, 1841)
  • Meligethes detractus Förster, 1891
  • Meligethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
  • Meligethes distinctus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes egenus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
  • Meligethes exilis Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes ferrugineus
  • Meligethes ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
  • Meligethes flavicollis Reitter, 1873
  • Meligethes flavimanus Stephens, 1830
  • Meligethes gagathinus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes haemorrhoidalis Förster, 1849
  • Meligethes hoffmanni Reitter, 1871
  • Meligethes incanus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes isoplexidis Wollaston, 1854
  • Meligethes kunzei Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes lloydi Easton, 1968
  • Meligethes lugubris Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes luteomaculatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
  • Meligethes macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
  • Meligethes maurus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes melanocephalus
  • Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes nanus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes nepalensis
  • Meligethes norvegicus Easton, 1959
  • Meligethes ochropus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes ovatus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes pallidoelytrorum Chen & Kirejtshuk, 2013
  • Meligethes pectinatus Schilsky, 1894
  • Meligethes pectoralis Rebmann, 1956
  • Meligethes pedicularius (Gyllenhal, 1808)
  • Meligethes persicus Faldermann, 1835
  • Meligethes planiusculus (Heer, 1841)
  • Meligethes politus Motschulsky, 1863
  • Meligethes praetermissus Easton
  • Meligethes pseudopectoralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
  • Meligethes sadanarii Hisamatsu, 2010
  • Meligethes salvan Audisio, De Biase & Antonini, 2003
  • Meligethes scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015
  • Meligethes semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979
  • Meligethes serripes (Gyllenhal, 1827)
  • Meligethes shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1964
  • Meligethes shirozui Hisamatsu, 1965
  • Meligethes shrozuii Hisamatsu, 1965
  • Meligethes solidus (Kugelann, 1794)
  • Meligethes subrugosus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
  • Meligethes substrigosus Erichson, 1845
  • Meligethes sulcatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
  • Meligethes symphyti (Heer, 1841)
  • Meligethes torquatus Jelinek, 1997
  • Meligethes transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988
  • Meligethes trapezithorax Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
  • Meligethes tricuspidatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
  • Meligethes tristis Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes umbrosus Sturm, 1845
  • Meligethes varicollis Wollaston, 1854
  • Meligethes violaceus Reitter, 1873
  • Meligethes vulpes
  • Meligethes wagneri Rebmann, 1956
  • Meligethes zakharenkoi Kirejtshuk, 2005

References edit

  1. ^ "Meligethes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. ^ "Meligethes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading edit

  • Easton, Alan M. (1955). "A revision of the Nearctic species of the beetle genus Meligethes (Nitidulidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 104 (3339): 87–103. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.104-3339.87.
  • Audisio, P.; Cline, A.R.; de Biase, A.; Antonini, G.; et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49 (2): 341–504. ISSN 0374-1036.
  • Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links edit

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