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Meligethes
Taxonomy
Meligethes was named by Stephens (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Meligethinae by Förster (1891), Kirejtshuk (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Meligethinae by Förster (1891), Kirejtshuk (2008) and Bouchard et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Meligethes Stephens p. 7 |
| 1891 | Meligethes Förster p. 366 |
| 2008 | Meligethes Kirejtshuk p. 110 |
| 2011 | Meligethes Bouchard et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | M. detractus (121473) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | M. detractus (122407) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | M. sp. (168264 168271 168272) |