Melaeninae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Melaeninae
Tribus (2): Cymbionotini - Melaenini
Overview of genera (2)

Cymbionotum – Melaenus
Name

Melaeninae Alluaud, 1934

References

Ball, G.E.; Shpeley, D. 2005: Taxonomic review of the Tribe Melaenini (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with observations on morphological, ecological and chorological evolution. Zootaxa, 1099: 1–120. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Links

Carabidae of the World
Ground beetles of the tribe Cymbionotini (Carabidae) [1]

Melaeninae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains 23 species in 2 genera:[1]

Genus Cymbionotum Baudi di Selva, 1864
Cymbionotum basale Dejean, 1831
Cymbionotum candidum Andrewes, 1935
Cymbionotum capicola Peringuey, 1908
Cymbionotum fasciatum Dejean, 1831
Cymbionotum fasciger Chaudoir, 1852
Cymbionotum fernandezi Ball & Shpeley, 2005
Cymbionotum fluviale Andrewes, 1935
Cymbionotum helferi Chaudoir, 1850
Cymbionotum mandli (Jedlicka, 1963)
Cymbionotum mesopotamicum Csiki, 1929
Cymbionotum microphthalmum Chaudoir, 1876
Cymbionotum namwala Ball & Shpeley, 2005
Cymbionotum negrei Perrault, 1994
Cymbionotum pictulum Bates, 1874
Cymbionotum rufotestaceum Fairmaire, 1903
Cymbionotum schueppelii Dejean, 1825
Cymbionotum semelederi (Chaudoir, 1861)
Cymbionotum semirubricum Reitter, 1914
Cymbionotum striatum Reitter, 1894
Cymbionotum subcaecum Ball & Shpeley, 2005
Cymbionotum transcaspicum Semenov, 1891
Genus Melaenus Dejean, 1831
Melaenus elegans Dejean, 1831
Melaenus piger Fabricius, 1801

References

"Melaeninae Alluaud, 1934". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 19 Jul 2011.