IRMNG - Megalopus Fabricius, 1801

IRMNG taxon details

Megalopus Fabricius, 1801

IRMNG_ID

1343658 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1343658)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Megalopodidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Falsomegalopus Pic, 1916 · unaccepted

Mucromegalopus Pic, 1916 · unaccepted

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Species Megalopus analis Klug, 1824
Species Megalopus armatus Lacordaire, 1845
Species Megalopus basalis Jacoby, 1892
Species Megalopus brasiliensis Jacoby, 1903
Species Megalopus brevipennis Jacoby, 1903
Species Megalopus buckleyi Jacoby, 1889
Species Megalopus elongatus Baly, 1876
Species Megalopus foveifrons Pic, 1948
Species Megalopus inscriptus Klug, 1824
Species Megalopus jacobyi Clavareau, 1905
Species Megalopus luteosignatus Pic, 1940
Species Megalopus mexicanus Clavareau, 1905
Species Megalopus nigrovittatus Jacoby, 1893
Species Megalopus riolaceo-fasciatus Jacoby, 1888
Species Megalopus sexvittatus Bates
Species Megalopus szantoi Papp, 1951
Species Megalopus thoracica Jacoby, 1903
Species Megalopus vittaticollis Baly, 1876
Species Megalopus caeruleus Jacoby, 1903 accepted as Barticaria caeruleus (Jacoby, 1903)
Species Megalopus femoratus Jacoby accepted as Megalopus jacobyi Clavareau, 1905
Species Megalopus gibbosus Pic accepted as Bothromegalopus gibbosus (Pic)
Species Megalopus modestus Jacoby accepted as Megalopus mexicanus Clavareau, 1905

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fabricius, J.C. (1801). Systema eleutheratorum. Vol. 2. Bibliopoli Academici Novi, Kiliae, 687 pp., available online at https://books.google.ca/books?id=ooo-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 367 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Megalopus Fabricius, 1801. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1343658 on 2024-11-18

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 (9)

original description Fabricius, J.C. (1801). Systema eleutheratorum. Vol. 2. Bibliopoli Academici Novi, Kiliae, 687 pp., available online at https://books.google.ca/books?id=ooo-AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 367 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

name verified source 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]

current name source Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [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 Mucromegalopus Pic, 1916) Pic, M. (1916). Mélanges exotico-entomologiques. Dix-neuvième fascicule. Étienne Auclaire, Moulins, France. 21 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112414
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Falsomegalopus Pic, 1916) Pic, M. (1916). Mélanges exotico-entomologiques. Vingt-et-unième fascicule. Étienne Auclaire, Moulins, France. 21 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112841
page(s): 19 [details]