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Megopis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1152389https://www.gbif.org/species/1152389
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)205401https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=205401
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Megopis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
-Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloideaLatreille 1802
familyCerambycidaeLatreille 1802
genusMegopisAudinet-Serville 1832
Scientific NameMegopis Audinet-Serville, 1832
Name Published InAnn. Soc. Ent. France, 1
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megopisgenusbelongs to Cerambycidaestated with evidencePiton, 1940
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Megopis edgerleyi
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Megopis hirticollis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Megopis lineolatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		159.2 Ma
Paleocene		59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Megopis modesta
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Megopis mutica
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Megopis vinsoni
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1832Megopis Serville
1940Megopis Piton p. 209

References

Piton L. (1940) , Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune), 1-303
Monné, Miguel A., and Edmund F. Giesbert, 1995: null. Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere, 2nd ed.. xiv + 420. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lameere, A. / Schenkling, S., ed., 1913: Cerambycidae: Prioninae. Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 52. 1-108. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (2010) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6, Chrysomeloidea. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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