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Checklist for Family Melandryidae Leach, 1815 (False Darkling Beetle)
and region Sweden (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
764
12793
52013
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
759
12781
51993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
12594
51549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
466
10609
46529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
122
3432
11717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
111
3062
10183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
61
1620
4586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
21
339
737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
22
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
22 Genera with 51 Species
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Abdera Stephens, 181010SpeciesTaxom
Anisoxya Mulsant, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Dircaea Fabricius, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Electroabdera Alekseev, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 17902SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Marolia Mulsant, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 17834SpeciesTaxom
Microscapha LeConte, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Orchesia Latreille, 20129SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Phloiotrya Stephen, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Quasianisoxya Alekseev, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Rushia Forel, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Symphora LeConte, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Wanachia Schulze, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Xylita Paykull, 17861SpeciesTaxom
Zilora Mulsant, 17943SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
51 Species
Abdera (Abdera) bifasciata (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Abdera quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Abdera) biflexuosa (Curtis, 1829)⇒ Pachychila bifida Rosenhauer, 1865
Abdera (Abdera) hoffeinsorum Alekseev, 2014
Abdera (Abdera) quadrifasciata Curtis, 1829
Abdera (Abdera) rikojotensis Alekseev, 2014
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 testaceus Olivier, 1790
Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
Dolotarsus lividus C. R. Sahlberg, 1833
Electroabdera marisbaltici Alekseev, 2014
Hypulus bifasciatus Fabricius, 1792
Hypulus quercinus Quensel, 1790
Marolia grandis Peyerimhoff, 1918
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) fasciata Illiger, 1798
Orchesia (Clinocara) minor Walker, 1837
Orchesia (Clinocara) undulata Kraatz, 1853
Orchesia (Orchesia) fusiformis Solsky, 1871
Orchesia (Orchesia) marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchesia) micans (Panzer, 1794)⇒ Orchesia marseuli Lewis, 1895
Orchesia (Orchestera) luteipalpis Mulsant & Gu..., 1857
Orchesia (Orchestera) rasnitzyni N. B. Nikitsky, 2011
Orchesia (Orchestera) turkini V. I. Alekseev, 2012
Osphya bipunctata Fabricius, 1775
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) rufipes (Gyllenhal, 1810)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya (Phloiotrya) tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phloiotrya vaudoueri (Mulsant, 1856)⇒ Phloiotrya tenuis Hampe, 1850
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) auritus Motschulsky, 1845
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Crypsis ruficollis Kaszab, 1946
Quasianisoxya curonensis Alekseev, 2015
Rushia parreyssi Mulsant, 1856
Rushia parreyssii Mulsant, 1856
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) barbatus Schaller, 1783
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) ingemmescus Alekseev, 2014
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) vivax Alekseev, 2014
Symphora flavicollis Haldeman, 1848
Symphora rugosa Haldeman, 1848
Wanachia triguttata Gyllenhal, 1810
Xylita laevigata Hellenius, 1786
Zilora elongata J. Sahlberg, 1881
Zilora ferruginea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794
Zilora obscura Fabricius, 1794

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Sweden
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
18
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
2
2
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