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Checklist for Tribe Melandryini Leach, 1815
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
130
3704
14154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
119
3331
11800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
64
1976
5419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
20
367
950
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelandryidae
Leach, 1815
False Darkling Beetle, False darkling beetles
37
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelandryinae
Leach, 1815
33
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelandryini
Leach, 1815
6
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
6 Genera with 21 Species
Bonzicus Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eumelandrya Nomura, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Ivania Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Melandrya Fabricius, 193815SpeciesTaxom
Phryganophilus C.R. Sahlberg, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Prothalpia LeConte, 19882SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
21 Species
Bonzicus hypocrita Lewis, 1895
Eumelandrya obsoletomaculata Nomura, 1958
Ivania coccinea Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) atricolor Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) flavipennis Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Melandrya (Emmesa) ordinaria Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) pictipennis Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Emmesa) rausuana Nakane, 1963
Melandrya (Emmesa) rufonotata Nomura, 1958
Melandrya (Melandrya) barbata Fabricius, 1792Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Melandrya (Melandrya) duodecimmaculata Nakane & Hay..., 1955
Melandrya (Melandrya) gloriosa Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Melandrya) modesta Lewis, 1895
Melandrya (Melandrya) mongolica Solsky, 1871
Melandrya (Melandrya) parallela Nomura & Kat..., 1968
Melandrya (Melandrya) shimoyamai Hayashi, 1960
Melandrya (Paramelandrya) dubia (Schaller, 1783)⇒ Melandrya barbata Fabricius, 1792
Melandrya (Pseudomelandrya) flavonotata Pic, 1938
Phryganophilus (Phryganophilus) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Crypsis ruficollis Kaszab, 1946
Prothalpia rausuana
Prothalpia utakoae Sasaji, 1988


Links, sources and further information
Melandryini at artfakta.se
Melandryini at dyntaxa.se