Melanospilus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Paussinae
Tribus: Paussini
Genus: Melanospilus
Species: M. andrewesi – M. bensoni – M. borneensis – M. chitwanensis – M. hamaticornis – M. yamasakoi

Name

Melanospilus Westwood, 1847: 469

• Type species: Melanospilus bensoni Westwood, 1847: 469 (by original monotypy).

Synonymy

• Dimeroderus Westwood, 1847
• Leiomatocerus Benson, 1846
• Merismoderus Westwood, 1847

References

Primary references

• Westwood, J.O. 1847. Description of a new species of Paussidae from India (Proceedings of learned Societies. Entomological Society. August 4th, 1845). -. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) [1846], 18 (CXXII.Supplement to Vol. 18): 469. (London). (1847). [original description]