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Megapenthes

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In Greek mythology, Megapenthes (Ancient Greek: Μεγαπένθης Megapénthēs means "great sorrow") is a name that refers to two characters:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapenthes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4405490	https://www.gbif.org/species/4405490
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	285443	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=285443

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : Megapenthes

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	Elateriformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Elateroidea	Leach 1815
family	Elateridae	Leach 1815
subfamily	Elaterinae	Leach 1815
tribe	Megapenthini	Gurjeva 1973
genus	Megapenthes	Kiesenwetter 1858

Scientific Name

Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858

Name Published In

Naturgesch. Ins. Dtschl., (I Col.), 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megapenthes	genus	belongs to Megapenthini	stated with evidence	Schimmel, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. F. Wickham. 1916. The fossil Elateridae of Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60(12):493-527

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapenthes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Megapenthes almeidai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes angularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes apacheorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes aterrimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes bicarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes caprella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes carinifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes chantalae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes confusus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes disjunctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes distractus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes gentneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes gomyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes groehni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Megapenthes ibitiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes insignis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes leseigneuri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes longicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes lucius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes lugens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes makiharai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes mexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes nigriceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes nigriventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes oblongicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes opacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes pallidulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes poussereaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes primaevus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Megapenthes puberusus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes rogersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes rousseli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes rutilipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes solitarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes stigmosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes sturmii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes subinconditus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes tarsalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes tartareus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes tattakensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes texanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes tricarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes vinsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megapenthes voigti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dolopiosomus Motschulsky, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : *Dolopiosomus*
Horizoteichos Van Zwaluwenburg, 1931	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : *Horizoteichos*
Magapenthes Gurjeva, 1973	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : *Magapenthes*
Horisonteichos Dolin, 1988	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : *Horisonteichos*
Dalopiosomus Dolin, 1988	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : *Dalopiosomus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Megapenthes Kiesenwetter
2005	Megapenthes Schimmel p. 107
2011	Megapenthes Bouchard et al.

References

Wickham H. F. (1916) The fossil Elateridae of Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 60 12, 493-527

Schimmel R. (2005) Die Megapenthini-Arten Süd- und Südostasiens, Vierter Teil: Phylogenese, Zoogeographie und Katalog, Pollichia-Buch 48, 1-411

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

Becker EC (1971) Five new species of Megapenthes from the southwestern United States, with a key to the Nearctic species (Coleoptera: Elateridae). The Canadian Entomologist 103: 145-167. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/ . - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Naturgesch. Ins. Dtschl., (I Col.), 4 - 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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