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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4726664	https://www.gbif.org/species/4726664
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	199786	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=199786

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Melolonthidae : Melolonthites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Melolonthites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Scarabaeiformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Scarabaeoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Scarabaeidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Melolonthinae
genus	Melolonthites	Heer 1847

Scientific Name

Melolonthites Heer, 1847

Name Published In

N. D. Allg. Schweiz. Gesellsch., 8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Melolonthites	genus	belongs to Scarabaeidae	stated without evidence	Cockerell, 1921
Melolonthites	genus	belongs to Melolonthinae	stated with evidence	Krell, 2000

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Melolonthites aciculata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites aciculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melolonthites collinsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Melolonthites deperdita ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites deperditus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melolonthites interemtus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites kollari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites laterosinuatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Melolonthites lavateri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites obsoleta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites obsoletus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melolonthites parschlugiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Melolonthites parschlugianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Melolonthites Heer p. 71
1921	Melolonthites Cockerell
2000	Melolonthites Krell p. 882

References

Heer O. , Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer, 1-229

Cockerell T. D. A. (1921) Some Eocene Insects from Colorado and Wyoming, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59, 29-39

Krell F. T. (2000) The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), Invertebrate Taxonomy 14, 871-905

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. D. Allg. Schweiz. Gesellsch., 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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