IRMNG - Meracantha Kirby, 1837

IRMNG taxon details

Meracantha Kirby, 1837

IRMNG_ID

1393347 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1393347)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Falacer Laporte, 1840 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Physocoelus Dejean, 1834 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Physocoelus Haldeman, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kirby, W. (1837). Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part the fourth and last. The Insects. R. N. Longman's, London, xxxix + 325 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27207131
page(s): 237 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Meracantha Kirby, 1837. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1393347 on 2025-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-13 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (10)

original description Kirby, W. (1837). Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part the fourth and last. The Insects. R. N. Longman's, London, xxxix + 325 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27207131
page(s): 237 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

source of synonymy Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Aalbu, R. L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Merkl, O.; Davies, A. E. (2021). Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys. 1050: 1-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 [details]

status source Bousquet, Y.; Thomas, D. B.; Bouchard, P.; Smith, A. D.; Aalbu, R. L.; Johnston, M. A.; Steiner Jr., W. E. (2018). Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys. 728: 1-455., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 [details]

verified source for family 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 Falacer Laporte, 1840) Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé, Tome Deuxième. Paris : P. Duménil. 563 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81425
page(s): 232 [details]

original description (of Physocoelus Dejean, 1834) Dejean, P.F.M.A. (1833-1836). Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Méquignon-Marvis, Paris. iv+443 pp. [(1):1-96, 19 January 1833; (2):97-176, 27 July 1833; (3):177-256, for nomenclatural purposes, 30 June 1834; (4):257–360, 22 August 1835; (5):361–443, for nomenclatural purposes, 31 December 1836]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36609
page(s): 211 [details]

original description (of Physocoelus Haldeman, 1850) Haldeman, S.S. (1850). Report on the progress of entomology in the United States during the year 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 5-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26301197
page(s): 5 [details]