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: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Paussinae
Tribus: Paussini
Genus: Melanospilus
Species: M. andrewesi – M. bensoni – M. borneensis – M. chitwanensis – M. hamaticornis – M. yamasakoi

Name

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Melanospilus Westwood, 1847: 469

  • Type species: Melanospilus bensoni Westwood, 1847: 469 (by original monotypy).

Synonymy

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  • Dimeroderus Westwood, 1847
  • Leiomatocerus Benson, 1846
  • Merismoderus Westwood, 1847

References

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Primary references

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  • Westwood, J.O. 1847. Description of a new species of Paussidae from India (Proceedings of learned Societies. Entomological Society. August 4th, 1845). -. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) [1846], 18 (CXXII.Supplement to Vol. 18): 469. (London). (1847). [original description]