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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Latvia (Baltic States)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
430
3171
7829
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
427
3166
7822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
409
3129
7765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
285
2556
6569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
87
843
1910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
81
726
1352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
46
434
793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
18
84
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
7
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Latvia
7 Genera with 11 Species
Abdera Stephens, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Electroabdera Alekseev, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Quasianisoxya Alekseev, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 17861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Latvia
11 Species
Abdera (Abdera) hoffeinsorum Alekseev, 2014
Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis Alekseev, 2014
Abdera (Caridua) affinis Paykull, 1799
Electroabdera marisbaltici Alekseev, 2014
Orchesia (Orchestera) rasnitzyni N. B. Nikitsky, 2011
Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini V. I. Alekseev, 2012
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Quasianisoxya curonensis Alekseev, 2015
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ingemmescus Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) vivax Alekseev, 2014
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Latvia
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
5
9
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