Melobasina

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
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Chrysochroinae
Tribus: Poecilonotini
Subtribus: Nesotrinchina
Genus: Melobasina
Species: M. apicalis – M. chrysocyanea – M. fossicollis – M. riedeli – M. solomonensis – M. suturalis
Name

Melobasina Kerremans, 1900
Type species: Melobasina apicalis Kerremans, 1900 — fixed by monotypy.

References

Kubáň, V.; Bílý, S. 2010: Melobasina riedeli n. sp. from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). Zootaxa, 2350: 53–58. Preview
Levey, B. 2015: A new species of Melobasina (Ulaikoilia Bílý & Kubáň) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Sulawesi. Zootaxa 3955(1): 132–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Genus: Melobasina. coleopsoc.org

Melobasina is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:[1]

Melobasina apicalis Kerremans, 1900
Melobasina fossicollis (Kerremans, 1906)
Melobasina riedeli Kuban & Bily, 2010
Melobasina solomonensis (Thery, 1937)
Melobasina suturalis (Deyrolle, 1864)

References

Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Retrieved 2021-09-07.