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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Central Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
419
3503
6778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
3499
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
396
3411
6581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
290
2948
5875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
75
720
1440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
69
602
977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
37
337
479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
17
65
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
7
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Alberta
7 Genera with 10 Species
Dircaea Fabricius, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Emmesa Newman, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Scotochroa LeConte, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Alberta
10 Species
Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Emmesa connectens Newman, 1838
Emmesa labiata Say, 1824
Orchesia (Orchesia) castanea Melsheimer, 1846
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Scotochroa atra LeConte, 1874
Scotochroa buprestoides Kirby, 1837
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) coxalis Mank, 1939
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Central Alberta
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
7
10
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