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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Netherlands (Benelux)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
9090
28468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
647
9079
28452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
603
8852
27910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
397
7295
24302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
2455
8173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
101
2226
7147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
57
1245
3891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
19
227
496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
12
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Netherlands
12 Genera with 25 Species
Abdera Stephens, 18103SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 17832SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 18576SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Netherlands
25 Species
Abdera (Abdera) quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
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 liturata LeConte, 1866
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Melandrya (Melandrya) caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Melandrya dubia Schaller, 1783
Melandrya (Melandrya) dubia Schaller, 1783
Orchesia (Clinocara) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchestera) luteipalpis Mulsant & Gu..., 1857
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Osphya varians LeConte, 1866
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya vaudoueri (Mulsant, 1856)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Symphora rugosa Haldeman, 1848
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Netherlands
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
10
21
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