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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
130
3704
14154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
119
3331
11800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
64
1976
5419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
20
367
950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
37
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
37 Genera with 96 Species
#ABDEHILMNOPRSWX
Abdera Stephens, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Amblyctis LeConte, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Bonzicus Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Dircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Enchodes LeConte, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eumelandrya Nomura, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Euryzilora Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 19255SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lederia Reitter, 19877SpeciesTaxom
Lederina Nikitsky, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 193815SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Microtonus LeConte, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Mikadonius Lewis, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Nipponomarolia Miyatake, 19895SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paradircaea Nikitsky, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Perakianus Pic, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Phloeotrinus Nikitsky, 19624SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 195810SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilodes Mirishima, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozilora Nomura, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 18764SpeciesTaxom
Spilotus LeConte, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Stenoxylita Nomura, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 19604SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 19752SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
96 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abdera (Carida) scriptipennis Lewis, 1895
Abdera (Wanachia) trisignata Champion, 1916
Amblyctis nomurai Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Anisoxya conicicollis Champion, 1916
Anisoxya laticollis Nakane, 1963
Anisoxya ocularis Nomura & Kato, 1959
Bonzicus hypocrita Lewis, 1895
Dircaea erotyloides Lewis, 1895
Dircaea shibatai (Hayashi, 1960)⇒ Euhemicera shibatai Ando, 1997
Dircaeomorpha elegans Sasaji, 1974
Dircaeomorpha validicornis Lewis, 1895
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Enchodes crepusculus Lewis, 1895
Eumelandrya obsoletomaculata Nomura, 1958
Euryzilora lividipennis Lewis, 1895
Hypulus acutangulus Lewis, 1895
Hypulus cingulatus Lewis, 1895
Hypulus higonius Lewis, 1895
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Hypulus undulatus (Pic, 1925)⇒ Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Ivania coccinea Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederina) angusticanalis Sasaji, 1987
Lederia (Lederina) foenilis Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederina) imdecorata Ishikawa & S..., 2001
Lederia (Lederina) japonica Reitter, 1891
Lederia (Lederina) kidoi Sasaji, 1995
Lederia (Lederina) lata Lewis, 1895
Lederia (Lederina) pion Sasaji, 1987
Lederina imdecorata (Ishikawa & S..., 2001)⇒ Lederia imdecorata Ishikawa & S..., 2001
Melandrya (Emmesa) atricolor Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) flavipennis Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Melandrya (Emmesa) ordinaria Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) pictipennis Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) rausuana Nakane, 1963
Melandrya (Emmesa) rufonotata Nomura, 1958
Melandrya (Melandrya) barbata Fabricius, 1792Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Melandrya (Melandrya) duodecimmaculata Nakane & Hay..., 1955
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 (Paramelandrya) dubia (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Melandrya barbata Fabricius, 1792
Melandrya (Pseudomelandrya) flavonotata Pic, 1938
Microscapha akitai Ishikawa & S..., 2004
Microscapha isensis Sasaji, 1987
Microscapha yamato Ishikawa & S..., 2004
Microtonus brunneus Marseul, 1876
Microtonus dimidiatus Marseul, 1876
Microtonus takaosanus Nomura, 1962
Mikadonius gracilis Lewis, 1895
Mikadonius japonicus Hayashi, 1960
Nipponomarolia kidoi Nakane, 1989
Nipponomarolia kobensis Miyatake, 1982
Nipponomarolia matsuyamensis Miyatake, 1982
Nipponomarolia nagaii Nakane, 1989
Nipponomarolia oharai Nakane, 1989
Orchesia (Clinocara) diversenotata Pic, 1932
Orchesia (Clinocara) elegantula Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Clinocara) imitans Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) ocularis Lewis, 1895
Osphya orientalis Lewis, 1895
Paradircaea dentatomaculata Lewis, 1895
Perakianus hisamatsui Nakane, 1963
Phloeotrinus (Nagakuchikius) tenuipes Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) femoralis Lewis, 1895
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) filiformis Marseul, 1876
Phloeotrinus (Phloeotrinus) miniuscula Nomura, 1962
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) bellicosa Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) flavitarsis Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) ishikawai Toyoshima, 1999
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) obscura Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) parvula Lewis, 1895
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) plamuscula Nomura & Kato, 1959
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufoventris Nomura, 1958
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rugicollis Marseul, 1876
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) shimomurai Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) trisignata Nomura, 1958
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Crypsis ruficollis Kaszab, 1946
Prothalpia rausuana
Prothalpia utakoae Sasaji, 1988
Rushia nagaii Nakane, 1975
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) iriei Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) marseuli Nikitsky, 1992
Serropalpus filiformis (Marseul, 1876)⇒ Serropalpus barbatus Schaller, 1783
Spilotus quadrimaculata Nomura, 1959
Spilotus uninotata Pic, 1937
Stenoxylita trialbofasciata Hayashi & Ko..., 1956
Symphora ater Nomura, 1959
Symphora miyakei (Nomura & Hay..., 1960)⇒ Uloma miyakei Masumoto & N..., 1986
Symphora miyakei amamiana Nomura, 1962
Symphora miyakei miyakei Nomura & Hay..., 1960
Synchroa crepuscula (Lewis, 1895)⇒ Enchodes crepusculus Lewis, 1895
Synchroa melanotoides Lewis, 1895
Xylita livida (Sahlberg, 1834)⇒ Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Xylita nagaii (Nakane, 1975)⇒ Rushia nagaii Nakane, 1975

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
33
94
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
1
1
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