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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Eurasia (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1859
65777
561707
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1850
65672
561174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1595
64213
555201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
829
47685
461834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
209
18218
187489
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
167
16090
158751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
87
9542
71766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
27
1434
8823
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
60
281
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eurasia
60 Genera with 281 Species
#ABCDEHILMNOPQRSTWXZ
Abdera Stephens, 191617SpeciesTaxom
Abderina Seidlitz, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Allopterus Broun, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Amblyctis LeConte, 18825SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Archaeoxylita Nikitsky, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Archaeserropalpus Nikitsky, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Argyrabdera J. Sahlberg, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Bonzicomorpha Pic, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Bonzicus Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Cuphosis Champion, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Dicraeomorpha1SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 19148SpeciesTaxom
Dircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Electroabdera Alekseev, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Emmesa Newman, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Enchodes LeConte, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Eucinetomorphus Perris, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Eumelandrya Nomura, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Euryzilora Lewis, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 19258SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lederia Reitter, 191618SpeciesTaxom
Lederina Nikitsky, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Marolia Mulsant, 17924SpeciesTaxom
Megapselaphus Gemminger, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 201526SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 20048SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Mikadonius Lewis, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Mimoserropalpus Pic, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Neogonus Hampe, 18736SpeciesTaxom
Nipponomarolia Miyatake, 19895SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 188631SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 186619SpeciesTaxom
Paradircaea Nikitsky, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Perakianus Pic, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Phloeotrinus Nikitsky, 19625SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 185620SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilodes Mirishima, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 18596SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeucinetus Heller, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocuphosis Nikitsky, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozilora Nomura, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Quasianisoxya Alekseev, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Salumia Fairmaire, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Scotochroa LeConte, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 187612SpeciesTaxom
Spilotus LeConte, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxylita Nomura, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18486SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 18988SpeciesTaxom
Talayra Champion, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 18076SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eurasia
281 Species and 4 Subspecies
Abdera (Abdera) bifasciata (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Abdera quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Abdera) biflexuosa (Curtis, 1829)⇒ Pachychila bifida Rosenhauer, 1865
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 (Carida) scriptipennis Lewis, 1895
Abdera (Caridua) affinis Paykull, 1799
Abdera (Caridua) flexuosa (Paykull, 1799)⇒ Alphasida flens Antoine, 1933
Abdera (Wanachia) similis Nikitsky, 1984
Abdera (Wanachia) triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Abdera (Wanachia) trisignata Champion, 1916
Abderina helmi Seidlitz, 1898
Abderina helmii G. Seidlitz, 1898
Allopterus luianus J. F. Zhang, 1991
Allopterus mayorgai Nel & al., 2005
Amblyctis brevelineatus Pic, 1926
Amblyctis maculaticeps Pic, 1922
Amblyctis miniaceus Champion, 1916
Amblyctis nomurai Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Amblyctis terminatus Pascoe, 1882
Anisoxya conicicollis Champion, 1916
Anisoxya fuscula Illiger, 1798
Anisoxya laticollis Nakane, 1963
Anisoxya ocularis Nomura & Kato, 1959
Archaeoxylita zherichini N. B. Nikitsky, 1977
Archaeserropalpus cretaceus Nikitsky, 2002
Argyrabdera deserti J. Sahlberg, 1913
Bonzicomorpha atra Pic, 1935
Bonzicomorpha unifasciata Pic, 1927
Bonzicus hypocrita Lewis, 1895
Conopalpus brevicollis Kraatz, 1855
Conopalpus testaceus Olivier, 1790
Cuphosis formosanus Nomura, 1958
Dicraeomorpha satoi Toyoshima, I..., 2007
Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea erotyloides Lewis, 1895
Dircaea erotyloides erotyloides Lewis, 1895
Dircaea erotyloides ussuriensis Nikitskiy, 1985
Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866
Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea shibatai (Hayashi, 1960)⇒ Euhemicera shibatai Ando, 1997
Dircaea vitalisi Pic, 1914
Dircaeomorpha clavicornis Fairmaire, 1896
Dircaeomorpha elegans Sasaji, 1974
Dircaeomorpha satoi Ishikawa, To..., 2007
Dircaeomorpha validicornis Lewis, 1895
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Electroabdera marisbaltici Alekseev, 2014
Emmesa connectens Newman, 1838
Emmesa labiata Say, 1824
Emmesa stacesmithi (Hatch, 1962)⇒ 
Enchodes crepusculus Lewis, 1895
Enchodes orientalis Nikitskii, 1973
Enchodes sericea Haldeman, 1848
Eucinetomorphus asturiensis Reitter, 1881
Eumelandrya obsoletomaculata Nomura, 1958
Euryzilora lividipennis Lewis, 1895
Euryzilora ussurica Mamaev, 1978
Hypulus acutangulus Lewis, 1895
Hypulus bifasciatus Fabricius, 1792
Hypulus cingulatus Lewis, 1895
Hypulus higonius Lewis, 1895
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Hypulus relictus Semenow, 1900
Hypulus simulator Newman, 1838
Hypulus undulatus (Pic, 1925)⇒ Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Ivania coccinea Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederia) suramensis Reitter, 1879
Lederia (Lederina) angusticanalis Sasaji, 1987
Lederia (Lederina) ehlem von Heyden, 1884
Lederia (Lederina) foenilis Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederina) imdecorata Ishikawa & S..., 2001
Lederia (Lederina) indica Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Lederia (Lederina) japonica Reitter, 1891
Lederia (Lederina) kaszabi Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Lederia (Lederina) kidoi Sasaji, 1995
Lederia (Lederina) lata Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederina) martensi Nikitsky, 1994
Lederia (Lederina) minima Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Lederia (Lederina) obscuripennis Nikitsky, 1994
Lederia (Lederina) pion Sasaji, 1987
Lederia (Lederina) schawalleri Nikitsky, 1994
Lederia (Lederina) similis Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Lederia (Lederina) topali Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Lederia (Paralederia) seidlitzi Reitter, 1916
Lederina imdecorata (Ishikawa & S..., 2001)⇒ Lederia imdecorata Ishikawa & S..., 2001
Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1918
Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977
Marolia purkynei Maran, 1933
Marolia variegata Bosc, 1792
Megapselaphus luzonica Heller, 1921
Megapselaphus rufonotatus Pic, 1930
Megapselaphus unicolor Pic, 1930
Melandrya (Apteromelandrya) minshanensis Gusakov, 2005
Melandrya (Emmesa) atricolor Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) flavipennis Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Melandrya (Emmesa) karafutona Kono, 1930
Melandrya (Emmesa) ordinaria Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) pictipennis Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) rausuana Nakane, 1963
Melandrya (Emmesa) rufonotata Nomura, 1958
Melandrya (Emmesa) stacesmithi Hatch, 1965
Melandrya (Melandrya) barbata Fabricius, 1792Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Melandrya (Melandrya) caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Melandrya dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) duodecimmaculata Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Melandrya (Melandrya) fasciata Nikitsky, 1974
Melandrya (Melandrya) gloriosa Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Melandrya) modesta Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Melandrya) mongolica Solsky, 1871
Melandrya (Melandrya) parallela Nomura & Kat..., 1968
Melandrya (Melandrya) shimoyamai Hayashi, 1960
Melandrya (Melandrya) striata Say, 1824
Melandrya (Melandrya) ussuriensis Nikitsky, 1972
Melandrya (Paramelandrya) dubia (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Melandrya barbata Fabricius, 1792
Melandrya (Pseudomelandrya) flavonotata Pic, 1938
Melandrya coccinea Lewis, 1895
Melandrya jaromiri Konvička, 2015
Microscapha akitai Ishikawa & S..., 2004
Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs & Ale..., 2015
Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, 1866
Microscapha isensis Sasaji, 1987
Microscapha malayana Champion, 1916
Microscapha nepalensis Nikitsky, 1992
Microscapha nigronotata Pic, 1931
Microscapha yamato Ishikawa & S..., 2004
Microtonus asiaticus Pic, 1917
Microtonus brunneus Marseul, 1876
Microtonus dimidiatus Marseul, 1876
Microtonus takaosanus Nomura, 1962
Mikadonius gracilis Lewis, 1895
Mikadonius japonicus Hayashi, 1960
Mimoserropalpus formosanus Nomura, 1958
Neogonus (Metax) fausti Reitter, 1879
Neogonus (Neogonus) emgei Reitter, 1884
Neogonus (Neogonus) hampei Reitter, 1897
Neogonus (Neogonus) minos Reitter, 1897
Neogonus (Neogonus) plasoni Hampe, 1873
Nipponomarolia kidoi Nakane, 1989
Nipponomarolia kobensis Miyatake, 1982
Nipponomarolia matsuyamensis Miyatake, 1982
Nipponomarolia nagaii Nakane, 1989
Nipponomarolia oharai Nakane, 1989
Orchesia (Clinocara) blandula Brancsik, 1874
Orchesia (Clinocara) diversenotata Pic, 1932
Orchesia (Clinocara) duplicata Nikitsky, 1984
Orchesia (Clinocara) elegantula Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) grandicollis Rosenhauer, 1847
Orchesia (Clinocara) imitans Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Clinocara) maculata Mulsant & Go..., 1856
Orchesia (Clinocara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Clinocrara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocrara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocrara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) castanea Melsheimer, 1846
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Orchesia (Orchesia) fusiformis Solsky, 1871
Orchesia (Orchesia) gravida Motschulsky, 1872
Orchesia (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) obscuricolor (Pic, 1954)⇒ Cistelomorpha obscuriceps Pic, 1909
Orchesia (Orchesia) ocularis Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchestera) arnoldii Nikitsky, 1984
Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculata Alekseev & B..., 2015
Orchesia (Orchestera) luteipalpis Mulsant & Gu..., 1857
Orchesia (Orchestera) rasnitzyni N. B. Nikitsky, 2011
Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini V. I. Alekseev, 2012
Orchesia acicularis (Reitter, 1886)⇒ Orchesia fusiformis Solsky, 1871
Osphya aeneipennis Kriechbaumer, 1848
Osphya albofasciata Champion, 1916
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Osphya cylindromorpha Abeille, 1896
Osphya dissimilis Champion, 1922
Osphya formosana Pic, 1927
Osphya griseofasciata Pic, 1921
Osphya harmandi Pic, 1927
Osphya lehnertae Konvička, 2014
Osphya melina Champion, 1916
Osphya nigriventris Champion, 1920
Osphya nigroapicalis Pic, 1921
Osphya nilgirica Champion, 1916
Osphya orientalis Lewis, 1895
Osphya rufa Pic, 1927
Osphya trilineata Pic, 1910
Osphya uniformis Pic, 1921
Osphya vandalitiae Kraatz, 1868
Osphya varians LeConte, 1866
Paradircaea dentatomaculata Lewis, 1895
Perakianus atriceps Pic, 1914
Perakianus bicolor Blair, 1931
Perakianus hisamatsui Nakane, 1963
Perakianus kumei Toyoshima, 2001
Perakianus lineaticollis Pic, 1922
Perakianus notaticollis Champion, 1916
Phloeotrinus (Nagakuchikius) tenuipes Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) femoralis Lewis, 1895
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) filiformis Marseul, 1876
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) miniuscula Nomura, 1962
Phloeotrinus minusculus Nomura, 1962
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) andamana Pic, 1945
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) bellicosa Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) flavitarsis Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) foveicollis Pic, 1917
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) granicollis Seidlitz, 1898
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) impressa Pic, 1945
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) ishikawai Toyoshima, 1999
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) obscura Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) parvula Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) plamuscula Nomura & Kato, 1959
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) quercicola Champion, 1922
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufoventris Nomura, 1958
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rugicollis Marseul, 1876
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) shimomurai Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) subtilis Reitter, 1897
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) trisignata Nomura, 1958
Phloiotrya vaudoueri (Mulsant, 1856)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) angustatus Pic, 1953
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) auritus Motschulsky, 1845
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) pseudoauritus Nikitsky, 1988
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Crypsis ruficollis Kaszab, 1946
Phryganophilus (Pseudophryganophilus) affinis Nikitsky, 1985
Phryganophilus (Pseudophryganophilus) collaris LeConte, 1859
Prothalpia holmbergi Mannerheim, 1852
Prothalpia rausuana
Prothalpia undata LeConte, 1862
Prothalpia utakoae Sasaji, 1988
Pseudeucinetus spilmani Spangler, 1995
Pseudeucinetus ueizoi Spangler, 1995
Pseudeucinetus uenoi Spangler, 1995
Pseudeucinetus zygops Heller, 1921
Pseudocuphosis tristis Nikitsky, 2002
Quasianisoxya curonensis Alekseev, 2015
Rushia longula LeConte, 1866
Rushia nagaii Nakane, 1975
Rushia parreyssi Mulsant, 1856
Rushia parreyssii Mulsant, 1856
Salumia davidi Fairmaire, 1889
Scotochroa buprestoides Kirby, 1837
Scotochroa livida Sahlberg, 1834
Serropalpus (Mimoserropalpus) binhanus Pic, 1922
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) coxalis Mank, 1939
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ingemmescus Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) insulcatus Pic, 1945
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) iriei Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) marseuli Nikitsky, 1992
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ryzhkovianus Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) substriatus Haldeman, 1848Striated False Darkling Beetle
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) vivax Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus filiformis (Marseul, 1876)⇒ Serropalpus barbatus Schaller, 1783
Spilotus quadrimaculata Nomura, 1959
Spilotus uninotata Pic, 1937
Stenoxylita sasajii Toyoshima, 2001
Stenoxylita trialbofasciata Hayashi & Ko..., 1956
Symphora ater Nomura, 1959
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Symphora miyakei (Nomura & Hay..., 1960)⇒ Uloma miyakei Masumoto & N..., 1986
Symphora miyakei amamiana Nomura, 1962
Symphora miyakei miyakei Nomura & Hay..., 1960
Symphora rugosa Haldeman, 1848
Synchroa chinensis Nikitsky, 1999
Synchroa crepuscula (Lewis, 1895)⇒ Enchodes crepusculus Lewis, 1895
Synchroa elongatula Nikitsky, 1999
Synchroa formosana Hsiao, 2015
Synchroa melanotoides Lewis, 1895
Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838
Synchroa submetallica Pic, 1917
Synchroa tenuipennis Fairmaire, 1898
Talayra striata Blair, 1931
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786
Xylita livida (Sahlberg, 1834)⇒ Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Xylita nagaii (Nakane, 1975)⇒ Rushia nagaii Nakane, 1975
Zilora anatolica Korge, 1971
Zilora elongata J. Sahlberg, 1881
Zilora ferruginea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora hispida LeConte, 1866
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora sericea (J. Sturm, 1807)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Eurasia
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
51
255
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



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