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genus

Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Coleoptera - beetles »  family Buprestidae - jewel beetles »  tribus Melanophilini

Scientific synonyms

Apatura Laporte & Gory, 1837
Oxypteris Kirby, 1837
Phaenops Lacordaire, 1857 nec Dejean, 1833

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Type taxon:Buprestis acuminata De Geer, 1774
Temporal range:Tertiary > Paleogene > Eocene > Priabonian – recent
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Included taxa

Number of records: 18

species Melanophila acuminata (De Geer, 1774)

Melanophila acuminata

species Melanophila atra Gory, 1841
species Melanophila atropurpurea (Say, 1823)
species Melanophila caudata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
species Melanophila consputa LeConte, 1857

Melanophila consputa

species Melanophila coriacea Kerremans, 1894
species Melanophila cuspidata (Klug, 1829)

Melanophila cuspidata

species Melanophila gestroi Obenberger, 1923
species Melanophila ignicola Champion, 1918
species Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
species Melanophila obscurata Lewis, 1893
species Melanophila occidentalis Obenberger, 1928
species Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841
species Melanophila yang (Kubáň & Bílý, 2009)
species Melanophila yin (Kubáň & Bílý, 2009)

Fossil taxa

species Melanophila cockerellae Wickham, 1912 †
Tertiary: Priabonian
species Melanophila handlirschi Wickham, 1912 †
Tertiary: Priabonian
species Melanophila heeri Wickham, 1914 †
Tertiary: Priabonian

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1321935]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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