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Meloidae (blister beetle)
Taxonomy
Meloidae was named by Gyllenhal (1810). It is extant. Its type is Meloe.
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1810 | Meloidae Gyllenhal |
| 1981 | Meloidae Crowson p. 698 |
| 1995 | Meloidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787 |
| 2011 | Meloidae Bouchard et al. p. 436 |
| 2022 | Meloidae Cai 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.
Fm. Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810 [blister beetle]
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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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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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Subfm. Nemognathinae Laporte 1840
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Invalid names: Eleticinae Wellman 1910 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Zanclean or 37.20000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Nemognathinae indet. (123493) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Nemognatha exsecta (106381) Tetraonyx minuscula, Epicauta subneglecta, Cantharis lithophilus, Gnathium aetatis (106384) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Onitis magus, Mylabris deflorata (123945) | |
| Chattian | Brazil | Microbasis longinota (153054) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Epicauta rufithoraca (128550) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Meloe dominicanus (122472) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lytta aesculapii (115304 115305) Lytta aesculapii, Zonites vetusta (117252) | |
| Sarmatian | Croatia | Meloe podalirii (117250) | |
| Tortonian | France | Mylabris punctatissima (138764) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Meloidae indet. (113751) | |
| Zanclean | Mexico (Hidalgo) | Epicauta sanctoruensis (152250) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Epicauta sp., Lytta sp. (154909) |