Meloidae

Mylabris pustulata

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
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. 
• 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

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