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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
117
5105
23655
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
4779
21768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
58
2903
11455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
19
355
1240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
12
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
12 Genera with 24 Species
Cuphosis Champion, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 1798
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18894SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Scotochroides Mank, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18896SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
24 Species
Cuphosis attenuatus Champion, 1889
Hypulus simulator Newman, 1838
Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, 1866
Microscapha minuta Champion, 1889
Microtonus fusiformis Champion, 1889
Microtonus gracilis Champion, 1889
Microtonus nitidulus Champion, 1889
Orchesia (Orchesia) guatemalensis Champion, 1889
Orchesia (Orchesia) ovata Laliberte, 1967
Osphya pallida Champion, 1889
Osphya tuberculiventris Champion, 1889
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) fasciata Pic, 1931
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) goudoti Champion, 1916
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) mexicana Champion, 1889
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) piliventris Champion, 1889
Prothalpia undata LeConte, 1862
Rushia longula LeConte, 1866
Scotochroides antennatus Mank, 1939
Symphora apicalis Champion, 1889
Symphora convexa Champion, 1889
Symphora elongata Champion, 1889
Symphora maculata Champion, 1889
Symphora ruficeps Champion, 1889
Symphora tropicalis Champion, 1889

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
11
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
1
2
Genus
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