Meloe (Meloe)

Meloe violaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

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: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Meloini
Genus: Meloe
Subgenus: Meloe (Meloe)
Species: M. (M.) aegyptius – M. (M.) proscarabaeus – M. (M.) violaceus – †M. (M.) dominicanus

Name

Meloe s.str. Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Ctnestocera Thomas, 1859
• Melittophagus Kirby, 1818
• Proscarabaeus Schrank, 1781
• Triungulinus Dufour, 1828

References

• Poinar, G.O., jr. 2009: Meloe dominicanus N. SP. (Coleoptera: Meloidae) phoretic on the bee Proplebia dominicana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Dominican Amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111: 145–150.

Links

• Atlas of Meloidae of Russia