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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
114
2454
7304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
105
2207
6113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
58
1317
3262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
20
258
521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
19
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
19 Genera with 35 Species
Abdera Stephens, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Emmesa Newman, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Enchodes LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Marolia Mulsant, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 17861SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 17942SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
35 Species
Abdera (Abdera) biflexuosa (Curtis, 1829)⇒ Pachychila bifida Rosenhauer, 1865
Abdera (Abdera) quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Caridua) flexuosa (Paykull, 1799)⇒ Alphasida flens Antoine, 1933
Anisoxya fuscula Illiger, 1798
Conopalpus brevicollis Kraatz, 1855
Conopalpus testaceus Olivier, 1790
Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Emmesa connectens Newman, 1838
Emmesa stacesmithi (Hatch, 1962)⇒ 
Enchodes sericea Haldeman, 1848
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Hypulus simulator Newman, 1838
Marolia variegata Bosc, 1792
Melandrya (Emmesa) stacesmithi Hatch, 1965
Melandrya (Melandrya) barbata Fabricius, 1792Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Melandrya (Melandrya) caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Melandrya dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) striata Say, 1824
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) castanea Melsheimer, 1846
Orchesia (Orchesia) cultriformis Laliberte, 1966
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchestera) luteipalpis Mulsant & Gu..., 1857
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Rushia parreyssii Mulsant, 1856
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) coxalis Mank, 1939
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786
Zilora ferruginea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
17
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
3
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