IRMNG - Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855

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Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855

IRMNG_ID

1154576 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1154576)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Hecatomnus Fairmaire, 1891 · unaccepted

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Species Megistophylla grandicornis (Fairmaire, 1891)
Species Megistophylla jughuhni Burmeister, 1855

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Burmeister, H. (1855). Handbüch der Entomologie, Volume 4, Part 2. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin. xii+587 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34016
page(s): 424 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megistophylla Burmeister, 1855. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1154576 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (7)
Links (2)

original description Burmeister, H. (1855). Handbüch der Entomologie, Volume 4, Part 2. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin. xii+587 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34016
page(s): 424 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). <em>Megataxa.</em> 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

extant flag source Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Hecatomnus Fairmaire, 1891) Fairmaire, L. (1891). Coléoptères de l'intérieur de la Chine (Suite: 7e partie). <em>Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des séances de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 4e série.</em> 18: clxxxvii-ccxix., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12304118
page(s): ccii [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Hecatomnus Fairmaire, 1891)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Hecatomnus Fairmaire, 1891)