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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Australasia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
942
23049
129157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
938
23017
129086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
22694
128014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
534
17158
106564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
144
6439
46908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
127
5615
39050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
75
3424
20433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
24
562
3721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
14
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australasia
14 Genera with 33 Species
Callidircaea Champion, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplectron Redtenbacher, 19204SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Lederia Reitter, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Megapselaphus Gemminger, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Mystes Champion, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 192018SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeucinetus Heller, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Talayra Champion, 19163SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australasia
33 Species
Callidircaea venusta Champion, 1895
Ctenoplectron agile Champion, 1895
Ctenoplectron humerale Lea, 1917
Ctenoplectron rufobrunneum Lea, 1917
Ctenoplectron sericeum Lea, 1920
Dircaea bimaculipennis Lea, 1917
Dircaea tetraspilota Lea, 1898
Megapselaphus venusta Champion, 1895
Mystes planatus Champion, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) alphabetica Lea, 1925
Orchesia (Orchesia) austrina Champion, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) biroi Pic, 1956
Orchesia (Orchesia) bryophila Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) calotricha Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Orchesia (Orchesia) elongata (MacLeay, 1872)⇒ Talayra elongata MacLeay, 1873
Orchesia (Orchesia) eucalypti Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) macilenta Lea, 1917
Orchesia (Orchesia) macleayi Lea, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) medioflava Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) minima Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) minuta Lea, 1908
Orchesia (Orchesia) multinotata Lea, 1917
Orchesia (Orchesia) pictipennis Lea, 1920
Orchesia (Orchesia) wellingtoniana Lea, 1920
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) velutina Champion, 1895
Phryganophilus (Pseudophryganophilus) collaris LeConte, 1859
Pseudeucinetus novabritannica Delève, 1973
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) substriatus Haldeman, 1848Striated False Darkling Beetle
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Talayra brevipilis Lea, 1929
Talayra elongata MacLeay, 1873
Talayra sericata Champion, 1916

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Australasia
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
13
32
Genera
Species

Taxom



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