Meligethes Explained

Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.

Species

These 80 species belong to the genus Meligethes:

• Meligethes amei
• Meligethes atramentarius Förster, 1849
• Meligethes atratus (Olivier, 1790)
• Meligethes aurantirugosus
• Meligethes aurifer Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes auripilis
• Meligethes auropilosus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
• Meligethes aurorugosus
• Meligethes bidens Brisout de Barneville, 1863
• Meligethes bidentatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
• Meligethes binotatus Grouvelle, 1894
• Meligethes brunnicornis Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes buyssoni Brisout de Barneville, 1882
• Meligethes cardaminicola Audisio & Cline, 2015
• Meligethes chinensis
• Meligethes cinereoargenteus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes coeruleivirens Förster, 1849
• Meligethes corvinus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes cyaneus Easton
• Meligethes denticulatus (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes detractus Förster, 1891
• Meligethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes distinctus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes egenus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes exilis Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes ferrugineus
• Meligethes ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes flavicollis Reitter, 1873
• Meligethes flavimanus Stephens, 1830
• Meligethes gagathinus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes haemorrhoidalis Förster, 1849
• Meligethes hoffmanni Reitter, 1871
• Meligethes incanus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes isoplexidis Wollaston, 1854
• Meligethes kunzei Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes lloydi Easton, 1968
• Meligethes lugubris Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes luteomaculatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
• Meligethes macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
• Meligethes maurus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes melanocephalus
• Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes nanus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes nepalensis
• Meligethes norvegicus Easton, 1959
• Meligethes ochropus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes ovatus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes pallidoelytrorum Chen & Kirejtshuk, 2013
• Meligethes pectinatus Schilsky, 1894
• Meligethes pectoralis Rebmann, 1956
• Meligethes pedicularius (Gyllenhal, 1808)
• Meligethes persicus Faldermann, 1835
• Meligethes planiusculus (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes politus Motschulsky, 1863
• Meligethes praetermissus Easton
• Meligethes pseudopectoralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes sadanarii Hisamatsu, 2010
• Meligethes scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015
• Meligethes semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979
• Meligethes serripes (Gyllenhal, 1827)
• Meligethes shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1964
• Meligethes shirozui Hisamatsu, 1965
• Meligethes shrozuii Hisamatsu, 1965
• Meligethes solidus (Kugelann, 1794)
• Meligethes subrugosus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
• Meligethes substrigosus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes sulcatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
• Meligethes symphyti (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes torquatus Jelinek, 1997
• Meligethes transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988
• Meligethes trapezithorax Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
• Meligethes tricuspidatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
• Meligethes tristis Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes umbrosus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes varicollis Wollaston, 1854
• Meligethes violaceus Reitter, 1873
• Meligethes vulpes
• Meligethes wagneri Rebmann, 1956
• Meligethes zakharenkoi Kirejtshuk, 2005

Further reading

• A revision of the Nearctic species of the beetle genus Meligethes (Nitidulidae). 1955. Easton . Alan M.. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 104. 3339. 87–103. 10.5479/si.00963801.104-3339.87.
• Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). 2009. Audisio . P.. Cline . A.R.. de Biase . A.. Antonini . G.. Mancini . E.. Trizzino . M.. Costantini . L.. Strika . S.. Lamanna . F.. Cerretti . P.. 4. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49. 2. 341–504. 0374-1036.
• An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae). 2006. Price . Michele B.. Young . Daniel K.. Insecta Mundi. 20. 1–2. 69–84. 0749-6737.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. 2007. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-8788757675.