Melaenus

Taxonavigation

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: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Melaeninae
Tribus: Melaenini
Genus: Melaenus

Species: M. elegans – M. piger

Name

Melaenus Dejean, 1831: 481

Type species: Melaenus elegans Dejean, 1831 (monotypy)

References

Primary references

• Dejean P.F.M.A. 1831. Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, 5 [Tome cinquième], Méquignon-Marvis, Paris, viii + 883 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Melaenus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Melaenus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).