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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea
Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Lyttini
Genus: Lydus
Species: L. algiricus – L. europaeus – L. gibbiger – L. humeralis – L. marginatus – L. pilicollis – L. praeustus – L. quadrimaculatus – L. sanguinipennis – L. tarsalis – L. tenuicollis – L. tenuitarsis – L. trimaculatus – L. turcicus – L. unicolor
Name
Lydus Dejean, 1821: 75
Type species: Meloe algiricus Linnaeus, 1758; fixation: subsequent designation by Blanchard 1836-49, pl. 54, fig. 8
References
Primary references
Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821. Catalogue de la collection de coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Crevot, Paris. viii + 138 + [2] pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Escherich, K. 1896: Revision der Meloiden-Gattung Lydus Latr., Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1896: 193–236. BHL
Links
Lydus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
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