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Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Melyridae Crowson p. 697
1995Melyridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Melyridae Bouchard et al. p. 349
2015Melyridae Robertson et al. p. 770
2019Melyridae Gimmel et al.
2019Melyridae Kolibáč and Huang p. 145
2022Melyridae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroidea
familyMelyridae()
familyMelyridae()

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. Melyridae Leach 1815 [soft-winged flower beetle]
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Subfm. Dasytinae Laporte 1840
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Tr. Danaceini Thomson 1859
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G. †Acanthocnemoides Zherikhin 1977
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Acanthocnemoides sukatshevae Zherikhin 1977
Subtr. Amauronioidina Majer 1987
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G. †Baltamauroania Tshernyshev et al. 2023
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Baltamauroania mirabilicornis Tshernyshev et al. 2023
G. †Protomauroania Tshernyshev 2021
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Protomauroania chaetophorata Tshernyshev 2021
Protomauroania mikhailovi Tshernyshev and Perkovsky 2021
Tr. Dasytini Laporte 1840
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G. Dasytes Paykull 1799
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Subg. Dasytes (Mesodasytes) Mulsant and Rey 1868
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Dasytes (Mesodasytes) ochraceus Tshernyshev 2019
Tr. Eparchiini Bernhauer 1934
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G. Amecocerus Solier 1849
G. †Eudasytites Wickham 1912
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Eudasytites listriformis Wickham 1912
Tr. Listrini Majer 1990
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G. Trichochrous Motschulsky 1859
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Invalid names: Eutrichopleurus Blaisdell 1938 [synonym]
G. †Protodasytes Tihelka et al. 2021
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Protodasytes cretaceus Tihelka et al. 2021
Subfm. Malachiinae Fleming 1821
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Tr. Colotini Abeille de Perrin 1890
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G. Colotes Erichson 1840
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Colotes constantini Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
Colotes impexus Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008
Colotes sambicus Kubisz 2001
Tr. Malachiini Fleming 1821
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G. Attalus Erichson 1840
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Attalus flexus Kirejtshuk 2019
G. †Burmalachius Tshernyshev and Legalov 2023
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Burmalachius acroantennatus Tshernyshev and Legalov 2023
G. Collops Erichson 1840
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Collops desuetus Wickham 1914
Collops extrusus Wickham 1914
Collops priscus Wickham 1914
G. Malachius Fabricius 1775
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Malachius immurus Wickham 1917
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Invalid names: Malachius pristinus Wickham 1916 [replaced]
G. †Premalachius Tshernyshev 2020
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Premalachius obscurus Tshernyshev 2020
Invalid names: Malachiina Fleming 1821 [empty]
Tr. †Palpattalini Tshernyshev 2020
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G. †Aliattalus Tshernyshev 2021
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Aliattalus intercalaris Tshernyshev 2021
G. †Palpattalus Tshernyshev 2016
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Palpattalus baltiensis Tshernyshev 2016
Palpattalus eocenicus Tshernyshev 2016
G. †Palpattalusinus Tshernyshev 2020
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Palpattalusinus transitivus Tshernyshev 2020
Tr. Troglopini Mulsant and Rey 1867
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G. †Protocephaloncus Tshernyshev 2016
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Protocephaloncus perkovskyi Tshernyshev 2016
G. Troglops Erichson 1840
Invalid names: Attalini Abeille de Perrin 1891 [empty]
Subfm. Melyrinae Leach 1815
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G. †Sinomelyris Kolibáč and Huang 2019
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Sinomelyris praedecessor Kolibáč and Huang 2019
G. Troglocollops Wittmer 1965
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Troglocollops arcticus Medvedev 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 165.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Sinomelyris praedecessor (113371)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Russian Federation Acanthocnemoides sukatshevae (35050)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmalachius acroantennatus (182624)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Protodasytes cretaceus (161514)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Colotes constantini, Colotes impexus (123850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltamauroania mirabilicornis (139928) Dasytidae indet. (123962) Palpattalus eocenicus, Palpattalus baltiensis, Palpattalusinus transitivus, Aliattalus intercalaris (134456)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Colotes sambicus (110737)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Protocephaloncus perkovskyi (113621) Protomauroania mikhailovi (216854)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Attalus flexus (123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Palpattalus eocenicus, Dasytes ochraceus, Premalachius obscurus, Protomauroania chaetophorata (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Palpattalus baltiensis (123769)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Collops priscus, Collops desuetus, Collops extrusus (106384) Eudasytites listriformis (106381) Eudasytites listriformis, Malachius pristinus (113749) Trichochrous miocenus (106382)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) Troglops sp. (155204)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Amecocerus sp. (160109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation Troglocollops arcticus (163069)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Troglocollops arcticus (163097 163098)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Dasytes sp. (168264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Troglocollops arcticus (153435 153436 153437 153438 153439 153440 153442 153443 153445 153446 163103 173212 173213 173216)