Melanophilharmostes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Hybosoridae
Subfamilia: Ceratocanthinae
Tribus: Ceratocanthini
Genus: Melanophilharmostes
Species (6): M. demirei – M. endroedyi – M. ocellatus – M. pseudoposthl – M. tuber – M. vincenti – M. zicsii

Name

Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968

• Original status: valid subgenus of Philharmostes
• Type species: Philharmostes (Melanophilharmostes) zicsii Paulian, 1969, fixed by original designation [p. 88]

References

Primary references

• Paulian, R. 1968: The scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoological expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo. 33. Espèces de la famille Acanthoceridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Opuscula zoologica, 8(1): 87–98. PDF

Additional references

• Grebennikov, V.V. 2022. Phylogenetic placement of a new Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968 pill scarab (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae: Ceratocanthinae) from Cameroon: molecular results decipher misleading morphology. Zootaxa 5087(3): 441–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.3.3. . Reference page. 
• Paulian, R. 1977: Revision des Ceratocanthidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Revue Zool Afr, 91(2): 253–316. [not seen]