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Meloinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Meloidae

Taxonomy
Meloinae was named by Gyllenhal (1810). It is extant. Its type is Meloe.

It was assigned to Meloidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Riccieri et al. (2022), Saxton et al. (2026).

Subtaxa
Epicautini, Lyttini, Meloini, Mylabrini, Tetraonycini
Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2006-02-02; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-09-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Meloinae Gyllenhal
1995Meloinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787
2011Meloinae Bouchard et al. p. 438
2022Meloinae Riccieri et al.
2026Meloinae Saxton et al. p. 5

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyMeloidaeGyllenhal 1810
subfamilyMeloinaeGyllenhal 1810
subfamilyMeloinaeGyllenhal 1810

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. Meloinae Gyllenhal 1810
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Tr. Epicautini Parker and Boving 1924
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G. Epicauta Dejean 1834
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†Epicauta rufithoraca Zhang 1989
†Epicauta sanctoruensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Velasco-de León 2003
†Epicauta subneglecta Wickham 1914
Tr. Lyttini Solier 1851
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G. Lytta Fabricius 1775
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†Lytta aesculapii Heer 1847
†Lytta lithophila Wickham 1914
Tr. Meloini Gyllenhal 1810
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G. Meloe Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Meloe (Meloe) Linnaeus 1758
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†Meloe podalirii Heer 1847
Tr. Mylabrini Rafinesque 1815
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G. Mylabris Fabricius 1775
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†Mylabris deflorata von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Mylabris punctatissima Théobald 1935
G. Zonabris Harold 1879
Tr. Tetraonycini Böving and Craighead 1931
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G. Tetraonyx Latreille 1805
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†Tetraonyx minuscula Wickham 1914
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Zanclean or 37.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tetraonyx minuscula, Epicauta subneglecta, Cantharis lithophilus (106384)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Mylabris deflorata (123945)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Epicauta rufithoraca (128550)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Meloe dominicanus (122472)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lytta aesculapii (115304 115305 117252)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Meloe podalirii (117250)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France Mylabris punctatissima (138764)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Hidalgo) Epicauta sanctoruensis (152250)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Epicauta sp., Lytta sp. (154909)