Meligethes Stephens, 1830
(a genus of pollen beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMeligethes (a genus of pollen beetles)
FamilyNITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 1996 Pollen Beetles - Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: meligethinae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 6a, 157pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Meligethes (a genus of pollen beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meligethes (a genus of pollen beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 45 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Meligethes (a genus of pollen beetles)
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