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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1408
35417
222091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1401
35364
221754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1211
34497
219210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
647
26961
190296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
169
9191
59961
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
143
8084
50035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
77
4637
24506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
24
901
3990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
34
104
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
34 Genera with 104 Species
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Abdera Stephens, 181014SpeciesTaxom
Abderina Seidlitz, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Allopterus Broun, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Archaeserropalpus Nikitsky, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 17983SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Electroabdera Alekseev, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Emmesa Newman, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Enchodes LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Eucinetomorphus Perris, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Lederia Reitter, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Marolia Mulsant, 17924SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 17837SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Neogonus Hampe, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 188622SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18665SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18566SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 18595SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocuphosis Nikitsky, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Quasianisoxya Alekseev, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Scotochroa LeConte, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 20146SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 18075SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
104 Species
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 (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
Allopterus mayorgai Nel & al., 2005
Anisoxya fuscula Illiger, 1798
Archaeserropalpus cretaceus Nikitsky, 2002
Conopalpus brevicollis Kraatz, 1855
Conopalpus testaceus Olivier, 1790
Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866
Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Electroabdera marisbaltici Alekseev, 2014
Emmesa connectens Newman, 1838
Emmesa labiata Say, 1824
Emmesa stacesmithi (Hatch, 1962)⇒ 
Enchodes sericea Haldeman, 1848
Eucinetomorphus asturiensis Reitter, 1881
Hypulus bifasciatus Fabricius, 1792
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Hypulus simulator Newman, 1838
Lederia (Lederina) ehlem von Heyden, 1884
Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1918
Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977
Marolia purkynei Maran, 1933
Marolia variegata Bosc, 1792
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) striata Say, 1824
Melandrya (Paramelandrya) dubia (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Melandrya barbata Fabricius, 1792
Microscapha andrzeji Bukejs & Ale..., 2015
Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, 1866
Neogonus (Neogonus) emgei Reitter, 1884
Neogonus (Neogonus) hampei Reitter, 1897
Neogonus (Neogonus) minos Reitter, 1897
Neogonus (Neogonus) plasoni Hampe, 1873
Orchesia (Clinocara) blandula Brancsik, 1874
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) grandicollis Rosenhauer, 1847
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) 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
Orchesia acicularis (Reitter, 1886)⇒ Orchesia fusiformis Solsky, 1871
Osphya aeneipennis Kriechbaumer, 1848
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Osphya lehnertae Konvička, 2014
Osphya vandalitiae Kraatz, 1868
Osphya varians LeConte, 1866
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) granicollis Seidlitz, 1898
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) subtilis Reitter, 1897
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
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) collaris LeConte, 1859
Prothalpia undata LeConte, 1862
Pseudocuphosis tristis Nikitsky, 2002
Quasianisoxya curonensis Alekseev, 2015
Rushia longula LeConte, 1866
Rushia parreyssi Mulsant, 1856
Rushia parreyssii Mulsant, 1856
Scotochroa buprestoides Kirby, 1837
Scotochroa livida Sahlberg, 1834
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) coxalis Mank, 1939
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ingemmescus Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) substriatus Haldeman, 1848Striated False Darkling Beetle
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) vivax Alekseev, 2014
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Symphora rugosa Haldeman, 1848
Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838
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 hispida LeConte, 1866
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora sericea (J. Sturm, 1807)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Europe
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
30
95
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
7
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