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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
112
3405
12308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
105
3138
11411
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
58
1914
5946
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
21
305
991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
11
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
11 Genera with 15 Species
Cuphosis Champion, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Dicraeomorpha1SpeciesTaxom
Dircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Hypulus Paykull, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Mimoserropalpus Pic, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Osphya Illiger, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Phloeotrinus Nikitsky, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Serropalpus Hellenius, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Synchroa Newman, 18952SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
15 Species
Cuphosis formosanus Nomura, 1958
Dicraeomorpha satoi Toyoshima, I..., 2007
Dircaeomorpha elegans Sasaji, 1974
Dircaeomorpha satoi Ishikawa, To..., 2007
Hypulus cingulatus Lewis, 1895
Hypulus higonius Lewis, 1895
Ivania coccinea Lewis, 1895
Melandrya coccinea Lewis, 1895
Mimoserropalpus formosanus Nomura, 1958
Osphya formosana Pic, 1927
Osphya trilineata Pic, 1910
Phloeotrinus minusculus Nomura, 1962
Serropalpus (Serropalpus) iriei Toyoshima & ..., 2000
Synchroa formosana Hsiao, 2015
Synchroa melanotoides Lewis, 1895

Subnodes of Melandryidae with occurrences in Taiwan
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
9
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOsphyinae
Mulsant, 1856
1
2
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