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Melanophilini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Melanophilini was named by Bedel (1921). It is extant.

It was assigned to Buprestinae by Bellamy (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Melanophilini Bedel
1940Psiloptera vermiculata Piton p. 182 figs. Pl XVIII fig 2
2008Melanophilini Bellamy
2011Melanophilini Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyBuprestinae
tribeMelanophiliniBedel 1921
tribeMelanophiliniBedel 1921

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.

Tr. Melanophilini Bedel 1921
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G. Melanophila Eschscholtz 1829
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Melanophila cockerellae Wickham 1912
Melanophila handlirschi Wickham 1912
Melanophila heeri Wickham 1914
G. Phaenops Dejean 1836
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Invalid names: Psiloptera vermiculata Piton 1940 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available