IRMNG - Megaceras Hope, 1837

IRMNG taxon details

Megaceras Hope, 1837

IRMNG_ID

1426461 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1426461)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Megacerus Burmeister, 1847 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Direct children (22)

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Species Megaceras bolivianus Dechambre, 1975
Species Megaceras brevis Dechambre, 1998
Species Megaceras celatus Dechambre, 1998
Species Megaceras crassum Prell, 1914
Species Megaceras endroedii Dechambre, 1998
Species Megaceras inexspectatus Dechambre, 1998
Species Megaceras inflatum Prell, 1934
Species Megaceras jason Herbst, 1785
Species Megaceras laevipenne Prell, 1914
Species Megaceras morpheus Burmeister, 1847
Species Megaceras pauliani Dechambre, 1975
Species Megaceras philoctetes Olivier, 1789
Species Megaceras porioni Dechambre, 1981
Species Megaceras quadraticollis Dechambre, 1975
Species Megaceras remus Reiche, 1859
Species Megaceras septentrionis Bates, 1888
Species Megaceras ixyon Reiche, 1859 accepted as Megaceras morpheus Burmeister, 1847
Species Megaceras lycaon Endrodi, 1976 accepted as Megaceras philoctetes Olivier, 1789
Species Megaceras prelli Endrodi, 1976 accepted as Megaceras quadraticollis Dechambre, 1975
Species Megaceras punctatostriatum Prell, 1934 accepted as Megaceras crassum Prell, 1914
Species Megaceras rugosus Blanchard, 1837 accepted as Heterogomphus rugosus Blanchard, 1837
Species Megaceras teucer Burmeister, 1847 accepted as Megaceras philoctetes Olivier, 1789

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hope, F.W. (1837). The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol 1. Bohn, London. 121 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37694
page(s): 82 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megaceras Hope, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1426461 on 2024-11-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)

original description Hope, F.W. (1837). The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol 1. Bohn, London. 121 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37694
page(s): 82 [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [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 Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). <em>Megataxa.</em> 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Megacerus Burmeister, 1847) Burmeister, H. (1847). Handbuch der Entomologie, volume 5. TCF Enslin, Berlin. 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36366
page(s): 222 [details]