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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
647
11006
52621
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
643
10985
52537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
613
10885
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
8889
45652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
114
3071
18633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
2721
15744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
57
1526
8303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
19
341
1191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
17
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Italy
17 Genera with 44 Species
Abdera Stephens, 18108SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Marolia Mulsant, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 17834SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 17948SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Scotochroa LeConte, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 18072SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Italy
44 Species
Abdera (Abdera) bifasciata (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Abdera quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Abdera) biflexuosa (Curtis, 1829)⇒ Pachychila bifida Rosenhauer, 1865
Abdera (Abdera) quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
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
Anisoxya fuscula Illiger, 1798
Conopalpus brevicollis Kraatz, 1855
Conopalpus testaceus Olivier, 1790
Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Hypulus bifasciatus Fabricius, 1792
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Marolia leseigneuri Nicolas, 1977
Marolia variegata Bosc, 1792
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
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 (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Osphya aeneipennis Kriechbaumer, 1848
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) granicollis Seidlitz, 1898
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya vaudoueri (Mulsant, 1856)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Rushia parreyssi Mulsant, 1856
Scotochroa livida Sahlberg, 1834
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786
Xylita livida (Sahlberg, 1834)⇒ Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora sericea (J. Sturm, 1807)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Italy
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
15
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
4
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