Meloidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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
Subfamiliae (4): Eleticinae - Meloinae - Nemognathinae - Tetraonycinae

Name

Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810
- Source: Gyllenhal 1810: 481 BHL
- Type genus: Meloe Linnaeus, 1758

References

Gyllenhal, L. 1810. Insecta Suecica. Classis I. Coleoptera sive Eleuterata. Tomi I. Pars II. Scaris: L.J. Leverentz, xix + [1] + 660 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bologna, M.A.; Oliverio, M.; Pitzalis, M.; Mariottini, P. 2008: Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48: 679–693. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.019
Bologna, M.A.; Turco, F.; Pinto, J.D. 2010: 11.19. Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810. Pp. 681-693 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Bologna, M.A., Turco, F. & Pinto, J.D. 2013. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Australasia: a generic review, descriptions of new taxa, and a challenge to the current definition of subfamilies posed by exceptional variation in male genitalia. Invertebrate systematics 27(4): 391–427. DOI: 10.1071/IS12054 Reference page.
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2008 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark
ISBN 87-88757-84-6, p. 370
Marschalek, D.A. & Young, D.K. 2015. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Wisconsin. Zootaxa 4030(1): 1–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4030.1.1 Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-813-0 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-814-7 (online edition) Reference page.
Pan, Z. & Ren, G-D. 2020. New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records. Zootaxa 4820(2): 260–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.3 Reference page.
Selander, R.B. 1991: Meloidae (Tenebrionoidea). Pp. 530-534 in: Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.

Links

Meloidae Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Atlas of Meloidae of Russia
Meloidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of Meloidae of Russia
Meloidae.com

Vernacular names

беларуская: Шпанкі
čeština: Majkovití
Deutsch: Ölkäfer
English: blister beetles, oil beetles
日本語: ツチハンミョウ科
lietuvių: Skaudvabaliai
македонски: Мајци
Nederlands: Oliekevers
polski: Oleicowate
русский: Нарывники