AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
119
3716
17432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
111
3244
14513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
60
1629
5089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
22
190
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
13
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
13 Genera with 22 Species
Lederia Reitter, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18667SpeciesTaxom
Perakianus Pic, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pseudeucinetus Heller, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Talayra Champion, 19311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
22 Species
Lederia (Lederina) indica Nikitsky & B..., 1982
Melandrya (Melandrya) striata Say, 1824
Microtonus asiaticus Pic, 1917
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Osphya albofasciata Champion, 1916
Osphya dissimilis Champion, 1922
Osphya harmandi Pic, 1927
Osphya nigriventris Champion, 1920
Osphya nigroapicalis Pic, 1921
Osphya nilgirica Champion, 1916
Osphya varians LeConte, 1866
Perakianus atriceps Pic, 1914
Perakianus bicolor Blair, 1931
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) andamana Pic, 1945
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) quercicola Champion, 1922
Prothalpia holmbergi Mannerheim, 1852
Pseudeucinetus zygops Heller, 1921
Rushia longula LeConte, 1866
Serropalpus (Mimoserropalpus) binhanus Pic, 1922
Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838
Synchroa submetallica Pic, 1917
Talayra striata Blair, 1931

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
12
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
1
7
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