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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
478
5928
14671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
477
5927
14671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
455
5813
14403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
288
4685
12244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
94
2188
6658
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
87
2035
6138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
44
1215
3147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
15
137
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Guatemala
6 Genera with 13 Species
Microscapha LeConte, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18895SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guatemala
13 Species
Microscapha minuta Champion, 1889
Microtonus fusiformis Champion, 1889
Microtonus gracilis Champion, 1889
Microtonus nitidulus Champion, 1889
Orchesia (Orchesia) guatemalensis Champion, 1889
Osphya pallida Champion, 1889
Osphya tuberculiventris Champion, 1889
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) mexicana 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 Guatemala
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
5
11
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