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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
723
10611
42588
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
718
10598
42553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
658
10447
42222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
422
8586
36828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
118
2579
11371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
2312
9771
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
60
1302
5324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
20
234
692
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
20
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Europe
20 Genera with 51 Species
Abdera Stephens, 18108SpeciesTaxom
Abderina Seidlitz, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Electroabdera Alekseev, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 17834SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 201211SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Quasianisoxya Alekseev, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 17943SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Europe
51 Species
Abdera (Abdera) hoffeinsorum ♰ Alekseev, 2014
Abdera (Abdera) quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis Alekseev, 2014
Abdera (Carida) affinis Paykull, 1799
Abdera (Carida) flexuosa Paykull, 1799
Abdera (Caridua) affinis Paykull, 1799
Abdera (Caridua) flexuosa (Paykull, 1799)⇒ Alphasida flens Antoine, 1933
Abdera (Wanachia) triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Abderina helmi Seidlitz, 1898
Abderina helmii ♰ G. Seidlitz, 1898
Anisoxya fuscula Illiger, 1798
Conopalpus testaceus Olivier, 1790
Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Electroabdera marisbaltici Alekseev, 2014
Hypulus bifasciatus Fabricius, 1792
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Melandrya (Melandrya) barbata Fabricius, 1792Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Melandrya (Melandrya) caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Melandrya dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Paramelandrya) dubia (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Melandrya barbata Fabricius, 1792
Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs & Ale..., 2015
Orchesia (Clinocara) blandula Brancsik, 1874
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) grandicollis Rosenhauer, 1847
Orchesia (Clinocara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) fusiformis Solsky, 1871
Orchesia (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchestera) luteipalpis Mulsant & Gu..., 1857
Orchesia (Orchestera) rasnitzyni ♰ N. B. Nikitsky, 2011
Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini ♰ V. I. Alekseev, 2012
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) subtilis Reitter, 1897
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) auritus Motschulsky, 1845
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Crypsis ruficollis Kaszab, 1946
Quasianisoxya curonensis Alekseev, 2015
Rushia parreyssi Mulsant, 1856
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ingemmescus ♰ Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) vivax ♰ Alekseev, 2014
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786
Xylita livida (Sahlberg, 1834)⇒ Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Zilora elongata J. Sahlberg, 1881
Zilora ferruginea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Central Europe
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
16
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
2
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