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Meligethinae
Taxonomy
Meligethinae was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.
It was assigned to Nitidulidae by Förster (1891), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk (2008), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cline et al. (2014), Cai et al. (2022) and Kirejtshuk and Bukejs (2023).
It was assigned to Nitidulidae by Förster (1891), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Kirejtshuk (2008), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cline et al. (2014), Cai et al. (2022) and Kirejtshuk and Bukejs (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1859 | Meligethinae Thomson |
1891 | Meligethinae Förster p. 366 |
1995 | Meligethinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
2008 | Meligethinae Kirejtshuk p. 110 |
2011 | Meligethinae Bouchard et al. |
2014 | Meligethinae Cline et al. |
2022 | Meligethinae Cai et al. |
2023 | Meligethinae Kirejtshuk and Bukejs p. 239 |
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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.
Subfm. Meligethinae Thomson 1859
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G. †Melipriopsis Kirejtshuk 2011
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†Melipriopsis baltica Kirejtshuk and Bukejs 2023
†Melipriopsis rasnitsyni Kirejtshuk 2011
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 Priabonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Priabonian | Poland | Melipriopsis baltica (110737) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation | Melipriopsis rasnitsyni (123419) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Meligethes detractus (121473) | |
Rupelian | Germany | Meligethes detractus (122407) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Meligethes sp. (168264 168271 168272) |