Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Adephaga 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Colymbetinae
Tribus: Colymbetini
Genus: Meladema
Species (4): M. coriacea – M. imbricata – M. lanio – M. lepidoptera

Name

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Meladema Laporte, 1835 [conserved name]

Gender: feminine.

Type species: Meladema coriacea Laporte, 1835, by monotypy.

  • Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1725.

Synonyms

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  • Scutopterus Dejean, 1833: 54 (as "Scutopterus. Eschscholtz.") [suppressed name]
    • Type species: Dytiscus lanio Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation by Nilsson et al., 1989: 307.
    • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1725.

References

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Primary references

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  • Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page
  • ICZN. 1993. Opinion 1725. Meladema Laporte, 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(2): 169–170. BHL. Reference page
  • Laporte 1835 Études Entom., (2) 98.

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