Melobasis

Life-forms

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: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Buprestinae
Tribus: Melobasini
Genus: Melobasis
Subgenera: M. (Briseis) – M. (Diceropygus) – M. (Melobasis) – M. (Paramelobasis)

Species: M. abigailae – M. abnormis – M. acutula – M. adonis – M. aenea – M. aeneipennis – M. albertisii – M. amoena – M. andersoni – M. angusta – M. apicalis – M. aruensis – M. aurata – M. auribasis – M. auricollis – M. aurocincta – M. aurocyanea – M. austera – M. australis – M. bedrulbudur – M. bellula – M. brevicollis – M. brevis – M. brittoni – M. browni – M. buprestoides – M. burnsi – M. buruana – M. caledonica – M. callichloris – M. candens – M. caudata – M. chrysobothroides – M. chrysomelina – M. circumflexa – M. coerulea – M. conica – M. conicicollis – M. connicki – M. costata – M. costifera – M. cupreoaenea – M. cupreovittata – M. cupriceps – M. cupricollis – M. cuprifera – M. curta – M. cyaneipennis – M. derbyensis – M. dives – M. dividua – M. dohertyi – M. duplexicolor – M. eichhorni – M. elderi – M. empyria – M. epistomalis – M. eximia – M. fairmairei – M. fasciata – M. flavoaenea – M. flexa – M. formosa – M. fulgurans – M. gloriosa – M. goerlingi – M. gratiosissima – M. hanloni – M. hesperica – M. hoscheki – M. hypocrita – M. igniceps – M. ignipicta – M. illidgei – M. incerta – M. innocua – M. insularis – M. interstitialis – M. intricata – M. iridicolor – M. jacquelinae – M. jakowleffi – M. janae – M. kadeji – M. kanguluorum – M. kaszabi – M. kietana – M. knowlesi – M. lathami – M. latifrons – M. lauta – M. lixi – M. lugubrina – M. lugubris – M. macleayana – M. macleayi – M. maculata – M. marlooensis – M. meeki – M. melanura – M. meyricki – M. minuta – M. modesta – M. monticola – M. myallae – M. naias – M. nervosa – M. nickerli – M. nigriventris – M. nitidiventris – M. nobilitata – M. novaeguineae – M. nudipectus – M. obscurata – M. obscurella – M. occidentalis – M. oleomaculata – M. paitana – M. parvula – M. papuana – M. paucipunctata – M. picticollis – M. powelli – M. prisca – M. prolongata – M. prominens – M. propinqua – M. pseudovittata – M. psilopteroides – M. puella – M. purpurascens – M. purpuriceps – M. purpurilata – M. pusilla – M. quadrinotata – M. quinquemaculata – M. radiola – M. rectipilosa – M. regalis – M. ribbei – M. robusta – M. rothei – M. rothschildi – M. rouyeri – M. scintillans – M. scutata – M. scutellaris – M. semimarginata – M. septemplagiata – M. serrata – M. sexplagiata – M. similis – M. simplex – M. simulata – M. smaragdifrons – M. specularis – M. spinosa – M. splendida – M. stevensi – M. strandi – M. subconica – M. superba – M. terminata – M. thoracica – M. timoriensis – M. trifasciata – M. tristis – M. uncimargo – M. uniformis – M. vanderwieli – M. variabilis – M. variegata – M. vertebralis – M. victoriae – M. viridiaurata – M. viridiceps – M. viridicolor – M. viridifrons – M. viridipes – M. viridisterna – M. vittata – M. wannerua – M. woodlarkianus
Name

Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1837

Type species: Buprestis cupriceps Kirby, 1818

Fixation: by subsequent designation: Bellamy, 1998.

Synonyms

Abrobapta Dejean 1833

Unavailable name, cited without description, definition or indication.

Buprestis (Melobasis) Laporte & Gory, 1837
Briseis Saunders, 1871

Type species: Buprestis conica Laporte & Gory, 1837

Fixation: by monotypy.

Melobasis (Briseis) Carter, 1929
Diceropygus Deyrolle, 1864

Type species: Diceropygus scutellaris Deyrolle, 1864

Fixation: by subsequent designation: Bellamy, 1998.

Melobasis (Diceropygus) Théry, 1923
Montrouzieria Obenberger, 1923 (preocc. by Montrouziera Bigot, 1860).

Type species: Montrouzieria caledonica Obenberger, 1923

Fixation: by original designation.

Montrouzieretta Obenberger, 1924

Nomen nova for Montrouzieria Obenberger, 1923.
Type species: as for Montrouzieria Obenberger, 1923.

Melobasis (Paramelobasis) Théry, 1923

Type species: Melobasis (Paramelobasis) austera Théry, 1923

Fixation: by monotypy.

References

Levey, B. 2012: A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 1 (Introductory material, key to species-groups and keys to species of the thoracica, pusilla, formosa, propinqua & gloriosa species-groups). Zootaxa 3464: 1–107. Preview Reference page.
Turner, J.R.; Hawkeswood, T.J. 2009: Melobasis abigailae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new jewel beetle from Australia, with observations on its larval host plant and biology. Giornale italiano di entomologia, 12: 205–212. [Publication date: 'May 2009', sourced from first page of article]
Turner, J.R.; Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011: Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F. Muell. ex Benth. and Eucalyptus punctata DC. (Myrtaceae), the first recorded larval host plants for Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805) (Col.: Buprestidae) from Australia. Giornale italiano di entomologia, 12: 327–334. [Publication date: 'May 2011', sourced from first page of article] abstract only seen
Hołyński, R.B. (2019). New Guinean Melobasis C.G. (Buprestidae: Anthaxiini: Melanophilina): new species, redefinition of subgenera and preliminary checklist. Procrustomachia 4, 2: 8-24

Links

Genus Melobasis. coleopsoc.org

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

Melobasis abigailae Hawkeswood & Turner, 2009
Melobasis abnormis Carter, 1923
Melobasis adonis (Obenberger, 1938)
Melobasis aenea Kerremans, 1903
Melobasis aeneipennis Deyrolle, 1864
Melobasis albertisii Théry, 1923
Melobasis andersoni Blackburn, 1887
Melobasis apicalis Macleay, 1872
Melobasis aruensis Théry, 1923
Melobasis aurata Deyrolle, 1864
Melobasis auribasis Fauvel, 1891
Melobasis auricollis (Kerremans, 1895)
Melobasis aurocincta Carter, 1930
Melobasis aurocyanea Carter, 1937
Melobasis austera Théry, 1923
Melobasis australis (Thomson, 1879)
Melobasis bellula Carter, 1939
Melobasis bimetallica Carter, 1923
Melobasis brevicollis (Théry, 1937)
Melobasis browni Carter, 1937
Melobasis buprestoides (Obenberger, 1922)
Melobasis buruana (Obenberger, 1932)
Melobasis caledonica (Obenberger, 1923)
Melobasis callichloris Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis candens Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis caudata Carter, 1923
Melobasis chrysobothroides Deyrolle, 1864
Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, 1911
Melobasis circumflexa Kerremans, 1888
Melobasis coerulea Kerremans, 1892
Melobasis conica (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis conicicollis Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis connicki Baudon, 1968
Melobasis costata Macleay, 1872
Melobasis costifera Thomson, 1879
Melobasis cruentata Thomson, 1879
Melobasis cupreoaenea Fairmaire, 1878
Melobasis cupreovittata Saunders, 1876
Melobasis cupriceps (Kirby, 1818)
Melobasis cupricollis Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis cuprina Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis curta Kerremans, 1903
Melobasis cyaneipennis Boheman, 1858
Melobasis derbyensis Blackburn, 1892
Melobasis dives Carter, 1923
Melobasis dohertyi Théry, 1923
Melobasis eichhorni Théry, 1923
Melobasis elderi Blackburn, 1892
Melobasis empyria Olliff, 1889
Melobasis epistomalis Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis fairmairei Kerremans, 1903
Melobasis fasciata Carter, 1923
Melobasis formosa Carter, 1923
Melobasis fulgurans Thomson, 1879
Melobasis gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis gratiosissima Thomson, 1879
Melobasis hesperica (Pochon, 1967)
Melobasis hoscheki (Obenberger, 1916)
Melobasis hypocrita Erichson, 1842
Melobasis igniceps Saunders, 1876
Melobasis ignipicta Kerremans, 1900
Melobasis illidgei Carter, 1923
Melobasis incerta Kerremans, 1892
Melobasis innocua Thomson, 1879
Melobasis insularis (Théry, 1923)
Melobasis interstitialis Blackburn, 1900
Melobasis intricata Deyrolle, 1864
Melobasis iridicolor Carter, 1923
Melobasis jacquelinae Turner & Hawkeswood, 2003
Melobasis jakowleffi Kerremans, 1903
Melobasis kaszabi (Pochon, 1967)
Melobasis kietana Obenberger, 1938
Melobasis lathami (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis latifrons (Kerremans, 1892)
Melobasis lauta Macleay, 1888
Melobasis lixi Théry, 1923
Melobasis lugubrina Kerremans, 1900
Melobasis lugubris Théry, 1923
Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, 1930
Melobasis macleayi Kerremans, 1892
Melobasis maculata (Deyrolle, 1864)
Melobasis marlooensis Carter, 1937
Melobasis meeki Théry, 1923
Melobasis melanura Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis metallifera Saunders, 1868
Melobasis meyricki Blackburn, 1887
Melobasis modesta Lansberge, 1880
Melobasis monticola Blackburn, 1892
Melobasis myallae Carter, 1932
Melobasis naias Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis nervosa (Boisduval, 1835)
Melobasis nickerli (Obenberger, 1938)
Melobasis nigriventris Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis nitidiventris Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis nobilitata Thomson, 1879
Melobasis novaeguineae Bellamy, 2003
Melobasis obscurata (Obenberger, 1924)
Melobasis obscurella Thomson, 1879
Melobasis occidentalis Carter, 1923
Melobasis oleomaculata (Obenberger, 1938)
Melobasis paitana Fauvel, 1891
Melobasis papuana (Obenberger, 1924)
Melobasis parvula Carter, 1930
Melobasis picticollis Carter, 1923
Melobasis prisca Erichson, 1842
Melobasis prolongata (Obenberger, 1922)
Melobasis prominens Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis propinqua (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis pseudovittata Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis psilopteroides Théry, 1923
Melobasis purpurascens (Fabricius, 1801)
Melobasis purpuriceps Saunders, 1867
Melobasis pusilla Carter, 1928
Melobasis quadrinotata Carter, 1923
Melobasis quinquemaculata Théry, 1923
Melobasis radiola Carter, 1934
Melobasis regalis Carter, 1923
Melobasis ribbei Théry, 1923
Melobasis robusta Carter, 1923
Melobasis rothei Blackburn, 1887
Melobasis rothschildi Théry, 1923
Melobasis rouyeri Théry, 1911
Melobasis scintillans Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis scutata Fauvel, 1891
Melobasis scutellaris (Deyrolle, 1864)
Melobasis semimarginata Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis septemplagiata Carter, 1923
Melobasis serrata Montrouzier, 1860
Melobasis sexplagiata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis simplex (Germar, 1848)
Melobasis smaragdifrons (Obenberger, 1922)
Melobasis spinosa Carter, 1939
Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805)
Melobasis ssp. tenebrosa (Obenberger), 1924
Melobasis stevensi (Théry, 1937)
Melobasis strandi Obenberger, 1938
Melobasis subconica Carter, 1923
Melobasis superba (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Melobasis terminata Kerremans, 1898
Melobasis thoracica Blackburn, 1887
Melobasis timoriensis Théry, 1935
Melobasis trifasciata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Melobasis tristis (Kerremans, 1900)
Melobasis uniformis Carter, 1923
Melobasis vanderwieli Obenberger, 1938
Melobasis variabilis Lansberge, 1880
Melobasis variegata (Théry, 1937)
Melobasis vertebralis Carter, 1923
Melobasis victoriae Obenberger, 1942
Melobasis viridiaurata Deyrolle, 1864
Melobasis viridiceps Saunders, 1876
Melobasis viridicolor (Obenberger, 1930)
Melobasis viridifrons Kerremans, 1896
Melobasis viridipes Fauvel, 1891
Melobasis viridisterna Carter, 1939
Melobasis vittata Blackburn, 1887
Melobasis wannerua Carter, 1936
Melobasis woodlarkianus Théry, 1923

References

Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Melobasis". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.