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Checklist of Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
for Caucasus (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
596
8072
25112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
594
8066
25104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
564
7942
24809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
371
6416
20948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
2447
10125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
104
2159
8439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
51
1105
3245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
19
218
529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
17
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caucasus
17 Genera with 21 Species
Dircaea Fabricius, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Emmesa Newman, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Enchodes LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Lederia Reitter, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Neogonus Hampe, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 18661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caucasus
21 Species
Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866
Emmesa connectens Newman, 1838
Emmesa labiata Say, 1824
Enchodes sericea Haldeman, 1848
Hypulus simulator Newman, 1838
Lederia (Lederia) suramensis Reitter, 1879
Melandrya (Melandrya) caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Melandrya dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) striata Say, 1824
Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, 1866
Microtonus sericans LeConte, 1862
Neogonus (Metax) fausti Reitter, 1879
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) castanea Melsheimer, 1846
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Orchesia (Orchesia) gravida Motschulsky, 1872
Osphya varians LeConte, 1866
Prothalpia undata LeConte, 1862
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838
Zilora hispida LeConte, 1866

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Caucasus
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
16
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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