Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.[1][2][3]
| Meligethes | |
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| Meligethes atratus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Meligethinae |
| Genus: | Meligethes Stephens, 1830 |
Species
editThese 80 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 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- ^ "Meligethes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Meligethes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Meligethes genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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
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