Meliboeithon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Agrilinae
Tribus: Coraebini
Subtribus: Clemina
Genus: Meliboeithon

Species: M. bicostatus – M. confusus – M. crassus – M. cylindricollis – M. intermedius – M. vitticeps
Name

Meliboeithon Obenberger, 1920
Type species: Meliboeithon fissus Obenberger, 1920 — fixed by monotypy.

Meliboeithon is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia. There are six species.[1]

These beetles are black or purplish in color. The adults are often found on the stems of rushes (Juncus spp.).[1]

Species include:[2]

Meliboeithon bicostatus (Carter, 1928)
Meliboeithon confusus Bellamy, 1988
Meliboeithon crassus (Kerremans, 1898)
Meliboeithon cylindricollis Bellamy, 1988
Meliboeithon intermedius (Kerremans, 1898)
Meliboeithon vitticeps (Carter, 1924)

References

Hawkeswood, T. J. (2006). Review of the biology of the Australian genus Meliboeithon Obenberger, 1920 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Calodema 8 3-4.
Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus: Meliboeithon". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.