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Melandryidae (false darkling beetle)
Taxonomy
Melyandrida was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.
It was corrected as Melandryidae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2018), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2018), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Melandryidae by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2018), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Batelka et al. (2018), Li et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1981 | Melandryidae Crowson p. 697 |
1995 | Melandryidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 786 |
2011 | Melandryidae Bouchard et al. p. 388 |
2018 | Melandryidae Batelka et al. |
2022 | Melandryidae Cai et al. |
2022 | Melandryidae Li et al. p. 247 |
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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.
Fm. Melandryidae Leach 1815 [false darkling beetle]
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Subfm. Melandryinae Leach 1815
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Tr. Dircaeini Mulsant 1856
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G. Abdera Stephens 1832
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Subg. Abdera (Abdera) Stephens 1832
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†Abdera (Abdera) hoffeinsorum Alekseev 2014
†Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis Alekseev 2014
Tr. Hypulini Gistel 1848
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G. †Madelinia Alekseev and Pankowski 2020
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†Madelinia capillata Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
†Madelinia gedanoposita Alekseev and Pankowski 2020
Tr. Orchesiini Mulsant 1856
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G. Microscapha Leconte 1866
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†Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs and Alekseev 2015
†Microscapha kugelanni Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
G. Orchesia Latreille 1807
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Subg. Orchesia (Orchestera) Guillebeau 1887
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†Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculata Alekseev and Bukejs 2015
†Orchesia (Orchestera) rasnitzyni Nikitsky 2011
†Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini Alekseev and Bukejs 2012
Tr. Serropalpini Latreille 1829
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G. Serropalpus Hellenius 1786
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†Serropalpus ingemmescus Alekseev 2014
†Serropalpus ryzhkovianus Alekseev 2014
†Serropalpus vivax Alekseev 2014
G. Symphora LeConte 1866
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†Symphora glaesonauta Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
†Symphora pollocki Alekseev and Bukejs 2021
Tr. Xylitini Thomson 1864
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Invalid names: Osphyinae Mulsant 1856 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Chattian or 93.90000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (15 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Longicrusa jaracimrmani, Homalenchodes jarzembowskii (161726) | |
Turonian | USA (New Jersey) | Archaeserropalpus cretaceus, Pseudocuphosis tristis (110895) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | Russian Federation | Archaeoxylita zherichini (35056) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Cicindelopsis eophilus (116369) | |
Priabonian | Poland | Abderina helmii (123438) Madelinia gedanoposita, Madelinia capillata, Symphora pollocki (110737) Orchesia rasnitzyni, Microscapha andrzeji, Abdera hoffeinsorum, Orchesia turkini (124519) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Orchesia rasnitzyni, Abdera hoffeinsorum (152022) Orchesia turkini, Serropalpus ryzhkovianus, Orchesia canaliculata, Microscapha kugelanni (139928) Serropalpus ryzhkovianus, Serropalpus vivax, Serropalpus ingemmescus, Microscapha andrzeji, Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis, Orchesia rasnitzyni, Orchesia turkini, Madelinia gedanoposita, Phloiotrya inmarinata, Symphora glaesonauta (152000) Serropalpus vivax, Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis, Electroxylita chronographica, Symphora glaesonauta (192258) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation | Orchesia rasnitzyni, Orchesia turkini, Serropalpus vivax, Serropalpus ingemmescus, Abdera hoffeinsorum, Abdera rikojotensis, Electroabdera marisbaltici, Quasianisoxya curonensis (123419) | |
Priabonian | Germany | Abdera hoffeinsorum (123769) | |
Priabonian | Ukraine | Orchesia rasnitzyni (122997) | |
Chattian | Czech Republic | Serropalpidae indet. (139944) |