Familia:Nitidulidae
Subfamilia:Meligethinae
Genus:Meligethes
Subgenera:M. (Acanthogethes) –M. (Astylogethes) –M. (Clypeogethes) –M. (Meligethes) –M. (Odontogethes)
Species overview:M. anthracinus –M. assimilis –M. ater –M. atramentarius –M. atratus –M. aurantirugosu –M. aurifer –M. auripilis –M. auropilosus –M. aurorugosus –M. bidens –M. bidentatus –M. binotatus –M. brachialis –M. brevis –M. brunnicornis –M. buyssoni –M. cardaminicola –M. chinensis –M. cinereoargenteus –M. coeruleovirens –M. cooteri –M. coracinu –M. corvinus –M. czwalinai –M. denticulatus –†M. detractus –M. difficilis –M. distinctus –M. egenus –M. elytralis –M. erichsonii –M. exilis –M. ferrugineus –M. ferruginoides –M. flavicollis –M. flavimanus –M. fulvipes –M. gagathinus –M. haemorrhoidalis –M. hammondi –M. hoffmanni –M. incanus –M. isoplexidis –M. kunzei –M. lloydi –M. longulus –M. lugubris –M. luteomaculatus –M. macrofemoratus –M. matronalis –M. maurus –M. mirae –M. morosus –M. nanus –M. nepalensis –M. nigrescens –M. norvegicus –M. obscurus –M. ochropus –M. ovatus –M. pallidoelytrorum –M. pectinatus –M. pectoralis –M. pedicularius –M. persicus –M. planiusculus –M. politus –M. pseudochinensis –M. pseudopectoralis –M. rotundicollis –M. ruficornis –M. sadanarii –M. salvan –M. scrobescens –M. semenovi –M. serripes –M. shirozui –M. solidus –M. subaeneus –M. subrugosus –M. substrigosus –M. sulcatus –M. symphyti –M. tenebrosus –M. torquatus –M. transmissus –M. trapezithorax –M. tricuspidatus –M. tristis –M. umbrosus –M. varicollis –M. villosus –M. violaceus –M. vulpes –M. wagneri –M. xenogynus –M. zakharenkoi
MeligethesStephens, 1830: 30
- Type species.Nitidula rufipesMarsham, 1802: 130, necNitidula rufipes (Linnaeus, 1767) (subsequent designation byThomson 1859) [=Nitidula atrataA.G. Olivier, 1790: 18; =Meligethes atratus (A. G. Olivier, 1790)].
- Stephens, J.F. 1830.Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata, Vol. III. Baldwin & Cradock, London. 374 pp., pls. 16–19.BHL.
Additional references
[edit]- Audisio, P.;Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.;Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1998:TheMeligethes of theM. pubescens species-group from Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae).Insect systematics & evolution, 29: 169–198.DOI:10.1163/187631298X00276 [broken]
- Audisio, P.et al. 2009: A new species ofMeligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) of theM. lugubris complex from Sardinia. Pp. 386-393in:Cerretti, P.;Mason, F.;Minelli, A.;Nardi, G.;Whitmore, D. (eds),Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy).Zootaxa,2318: 1–602.Abstract & excerptPDF
- Chen, Y.,Kirejtshuk, A.G. &Huang, M.: 2013: A new species of the subgenus Meligethes Stephens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Sichuan, China.Entomotaxonomia,35 (1): 35–40. Abstract:[1].
- Liu, M.,Yang, X.,Huang, M.,Jelínek, J. &Audisio, P. 2016. Four new species ofMeligethesStephens from China and additional data on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae).Zootaxa 4121(2): 101–116.DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.1
.Reference page. - Liu, M.,Huang, M.,Cline, A.R. &Audisio, P. 2018. New and poorly knownMeligethesStephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae).Zootaxa 4392(3): 546–566.DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.6Reference page.
