Meladema

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Meladema Laporte, 1835 [conserved name]

Gender: feminine.

Type species: Meladema coriacea Laporte, 1835, by monotypy.

Scutopterus Dejean, 1833: 54 (as "Scutopterus. Eschscholtz.") [suppressed name]
- Type species: Dytiscus lanio Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation by Nilsson et al., 1989: 307.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1725.

Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page.
ICZN. 1993. Opinion 1725. Meladema Laporte, 1835 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(2): 169–170. BHL. Reference page.
Laporte 1835 Études Entom., (2) 98.

Bilton, D.T. & Ribera, I. 2017. A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology. ZooKeys 702: 45—112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.702.14787. Reference page.
Ribera, I., Bilton, D.T. & Cardoso, A. 2018. The Meladema Laporte, 1835 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) of the Sahara Desert. Zootaxa 4399(1): 119–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.7 Reference page.
Ribera, I.; Bilton, D.T.; Vogler, A.P. 2003: Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and population history of Meladema diving beetles on the Atlantic Islands and in the Mediterranean basin (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Molecular ecology, 12(1): 153–167. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01711.x PDF