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Melanophila

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Melanophila was named by Eschscholtz (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buprestidae by Wickham (1912); and to Melanophilini by Bellamy (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Melanophila Eschscholtz
1912Melanophila Wickham p. 17
2008Melanophila Bellamy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyBuprestinae
tribeMelanophiliniBedel 1921
genusMelanophilaEschscholtz 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Melanophila Eschscholtz 1829
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†Melanophila cockerellae Wickham 1912
†Melanophila handlirschi Wickham 1912
†Melanophila heeri Wickham 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available