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Melanimon

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4405276	https://www.gbif.org/species/4405276
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	139217	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139217

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Melanimon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Tenebrionoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Tenebrionidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Tenebrioninae	Latreille 1802
tribe	Melanimonini	Seidlitz 1894
genus	Melanimon	Steven 1829

Scientific Name

Melanimon Steven, 1829

Name Published In

N. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Melanimon	genus	belongs to Melanimonini	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Bouchard, Y. Bousquet, and A. E. Davies, M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. F. Lawrence, C. H. C. Lyal, A. F. Newton, C. A. M. Reid, M. Schmitt, A. lipiski, A. B. T. Smith. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88:1-972

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Melanimon amalitae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanimon inermus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanimon tibialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanimon veteratum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Microzoum Redler, 1845	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : *Microzoum*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1829	Melanimon Stevens
1834	Microzoum Dejean
2011	Melanimon Bouchard et al.

References

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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

N. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, 1 - 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

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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