IRMNG - Melophagus Latreille, 1802

IRMNG taxon details

Melophagus Latreille, 1802

IRMNG_ID

1379256 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1379256)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819

Synonymised names

Mellophagus Hofmann, 1834 · unaccepted

Melophaga Wiedemann, 1830 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

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Species Melophagus depressa Say, 1823
Species Melophagus dyspnoetus Maa, 1980
Species Melophagus grunini Maa, 1980
Species Melophagus himalayae Maa, 1969
Species Melophagus kamtshaticus Doszhanov, 1979
Species Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melophagus rupicaprinus Rondani, 1879

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris. xii + pp. 13–467., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80064
page(s): 466 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Melophagus Latreille, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379256 on 2024-12-31

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 (9)

original description Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris. xii + pp. 13–467., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80064
page(s): 466 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Storer et al., 1979 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Storer et al., 1979 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Melophaga Wiedemann, 1830) Wiedemann, C. R. (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii+684 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88495
page(s): 613 [details]

original description (of Mellophagus Hofmann, 1834) Verz. Ins. Latreille
page(s): 19 [details]