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Taxonomy of Family Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Orchid beetles, soft bodied plant beetle, Soft bodied plant beetles, Soft-bodied plant beetles


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
52
4609
79150
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Dascilloidea
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Dascillids, Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles
2
52
257
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyDascillidae
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Orchid beetles, Soft bodied plant beetle
34
170
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843
SubfamilyDascillinae
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
8
118
Genera
Species
SubfamilyKarumiinae
Escalera, 1913
7
29
Genera
Species
GenusAstyloglossa
Pic, 1919
  ⇒ Octoglossa
0Species
GenusAtopa
Paykull, 1799
2Species
GenusBaltodascillus
Kundrata, Gimmel, Packova, Bukejs & Blank, 2021
1Species
GenusBinhon
Pic, 1922
0Species
GenusCinnabarium
Fairmaire, 1895
1Species
GenusCretodascillus
Jin & al., 2013
1Species
GenusDaltodascillus
Kundrata, Gimmel, Packova, Bukejs & Blank, 2021
0Species
GenusDascyllus
Lacordaire, 1857
  ⇒ Dascillus
2Species
GenusDascylus
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Dascillus
0Species
GenusEmma
Escalera, 1913
1Species
GenusGenccerus  ⇒ Genecerus
5Species
GenusKaramia
Winkler, 1925
0Species
GenusLyprodascillus
Zhang, 1989
2Species
GenusMesodascilla
Martynov, 1926
2Species
GenusMolychnus
Motschoulsky, 1853
1Species
GenusNotiocyphon
Blackburn, 1896
  ⇒ Byrrhinus
1Species
GenusPetalum
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusProtacnaeus
Wickham, 1914
1Species
GenusZarudniola
Semenov-Tian-Shanski? & Martynov in Martynov, 1925
3Species

Synonyms
Atopidae (Laporte, 1834)
Dascyllidae (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Karmuniidae (Escalera, 1913)
Karumiinae (Escalera, 1913)
Zarudnioidae (Semenov & Martynov, 1925)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Dascillidae
GermanMoorweichkäfer, Wiesenkäfer
EnglishOrchid beetles, Soft bodied plant beetle, Soft bodied plant beetles, Soft-bodied plant beetles
DutchWithaarkevers
SwedishMossbaggar
FinnishLuhtakuoriaiset
NorwegianEngbiller


Distribution and Species lists of Dascillidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843
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Afghanistan
1 Genus  2 Species
Albania
1 Genus  1 Species
Algeria
1 Genus  0 Species
Argentina
1 Genus  1 Species
Armenia
1 Genus  1 Species
Australia
3 Genera  6 Species
Austria
2 Genera  2 Species
Belarus
1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
1 Genus  1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Genus  1 Species
Bulgaria
1 Genus  1 Species
China
7 Genera  41 Species
Croatia
1 Genus  1 Species
Czech Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Denmark
1 Genus  1 Species
Egypt
1 Genus  1 Species
Estonia
1 Genus  1 Species
Finland
1 Genus  1 Species
France
2 Genera  2 Species
Georgia
1 Genus  1 Species
Germany
2 Genera  2 Species
Greece
1 Genus  1 Species
Hungary
1 Genus  1 Species
India
1 Genus  6 Species
Indonesia
1 Genus  1 Species
Iran
3 Genera  5 Species
Ireland
1 Genus  1 Species
Italy
2 Genera  4 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Genus  2 Species
Kenya
1 Genus  1 Species
Laos
5 Genera  4 Species
Latvia
1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
1 Genus  2 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
1 Genus  1 Species
Nepal
1 Genus  1 Species
Netherlands
1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
1 Genus  1 Species
Poland
1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
1 Genus  2 Species
Romania
1 Genus  1 Species
Russia
2 Genera  3 Species
Serbia
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovenia
1 Genus  1 Species
Somaliland
1 Genus  1 Species
Spain
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
1 Genus  1 Species
Switzerland
1 Genus  1 Species
Syria
1 Genus  1 Species
Taiwan
3 Genera  10 Species
Tanzania
1 Genus  1 Species
Thailand
1 Genus  1 Species
Turkey
1 Genus  2 Species
Ukraine
1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
1 Genus  1 Species
USA
5 Genera  11 Species
Vietnam
3 Genera  3 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Dascillidae at artfakta.se
Dascillidae at dyntaxa.se
Dascillidae at gbif.org
Dascillidae at irmng.org
Dascillidae at itis.gov