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Checklist for Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Blister Beetle)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
625
10660
39198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
622
10652
39182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
597
10495
38766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
380
8377
33824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
103
3387
15033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
93
3031
12856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
47
1693
5706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
17
236
555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
14
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
14 Genera with 23 Species
Apalus Fabricius, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Cyaneolytta Péringuey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1781Burning Blister Beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hycleus Latreille, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Lydomorphus Fairmaire, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Lytta Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1802Oil Beetle7SpeciesTaxom
Mylabris Fabricius, 19245SpeciesTaxom
Nemognatha Illiger, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Sitaris Latreille, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Stenoria Mulsant, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Synhoria Kolbe, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Zonitoschema Péringuey, 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
23 Species and 4 Subspecies
Apalus mongolicus Kaszab, 1965
Cyaneolytta coeruleata Fairmaire, 1895
Epicauta (Epicauta) dubia (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Pimelia dubia Faldermann, 1837
Hycleus kersteni Gerstaeker, 1871
Lydomorphus (Lydomorphus) pauliani Kaszab, 1965
Lytta (Lytta) pyrrhodera Fairmaire, 1895
Lytta (Lytta) vesicatoria Linnaeus, 1758Blister Beetle
Meloe (Coelomeloe) tuccius Rossi, 1792
Meloe tuccius tuccius Rossi, 1792
Meloe (Eurymeloe) mediterraneus J. Müller, 1925
Meloe (Lampromeloe) cavensis L. Petagna, 1819
Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Mordella aradasiana Patti, 1840
Meloe proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Meloe (Meloe) violaceus Marsham, 1802Violet oil beetle
Mylabris ledebouri fortunata Kaszab, 1969
Mylabris ledebouri ledebouri fortunata Ka..., 1969
Mylabris (Eumylabris) calida Pallas, 1782
Mylabris (Micrabris) dashidorzsi Kaszab, 1964
Mylabris (Mylabris) quinquemaculata Okamoto, 1924
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) proboscidea Fairmaire, 1902
Sitaris (Sitaris) muralis Förster, 1771
Stenoria (Stenoria) analis Schaum, 1859
Stenoria (Stenoria) steppensis Kaszab, 1966
Synhoria betsimisaraka Paulian, 1956
Zonitis (Zonitis) atripes Wellman, 1910
Zonitoschema squalida Fairmaire, 1889

Subnodes of Meloidae with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SubfamilyMeloinae
Gyllenhal, 1810
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNemognathinae
Laporte, 1840
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)
Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)


Links, sources and further information
Meloidae at artfakta.se
Meloidae at dyntaxa.se
Meloidae at gbif.org
Meloidae at irmng.org
Meloidae at itis.gov