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Checklist for Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Blister Beetle)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
98
3984
12590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
93
3574
10741
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
47
2023
4225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
16
259
446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
22
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
22 Genera with 127 Species
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Ceroctis Marseul, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Croscherichia Pardo Alcaide, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Cyaneolytta Péringuey, 187512SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorocera Heyden, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Eletica Dejean, 17899SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1875Burning Blister Beetles17SpeciesTaxom
Euzonitis Semenov, 17821SpeciesTaxom
Hycleus Latreille, 185412SpeciesTaxom
Lydomorphus Fairmaire, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Lytta Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Megatrachelus Faust, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1792Oil Beetle20SpeciesTaxom
Mylabris Fabricius, 183519SpeciesTaxom
Nemognatha Illiger, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Psalydolytta Péringuey, 179823SpeciesTaxom
Stenoria Mulsant, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Sybaris Stephens, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Synhoria Kolbe, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Tetraonyx Gray, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 1775
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonitomorpha Péringuey, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Zonitoschema Péringuey, 18118SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
127 Species and 9 Subspecies
Ceroctis swartzi Billberg, 1813
Croscherichia litigiosa Chevrolat, 1840
Croscherichia paykulli Billberg, 1813
Cyaneolytta amethystina Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta baulnyi Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta buqueti Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta depressicornis Laporte de C..., 1840
Cyaneolytta deyrollei Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta granulipennis Laporte, 1840
Cyaneolytta maculifrons Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta resplendens Laporte, 1840
Cyaneolytta rugipennis Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta sapphirina Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta spinifera Mäklin, 1875
Cyaneolytta sulcata Mäklin, 1875
Diaphorocera chrysoprasis Fairmaire, 1863
Diaphorocera obscuritarsis Fairmaire, 1885
Eletica (Eletica) atriceps Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) atrolineata Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) falsorufa Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) nigricolor Pic, 1913
Eletica (Eletica) olseni Kaszab, 1963
Eletica (Eletica) semirubra Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) varians Kaszab, 1955
Eletica (Eletica) waterhousei Thomas, 1893
Eletica (Meteletica) testacea Olivier, 1789
Epicauta (Epicauta) canescens Klug, 1835
Epicauta (Epicauta) discolor Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) dusaunlti Dufour, 1821Lake Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) indiana Kaszab, 1956
Epicauta (Epicauta) leonensis Pic, 1913
Epicauta (Epicauta) melanocephala Fabricius, 1801
Epicauta (Epicauta) nigromarginata Mäklin, 1875
Epicauta (Epicauta) ocellata Dugès, 1869Atlantic bird squid
Epicauta (Epicauta) oculata Fabricius, 1792
Epicauta (Epicauta) punjabensis Saha, 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) rufidorsum Goeze, 1777
Epicauta (Epicauta) seminitida Wellman, 1910
Epicauta (Epicauta) tenuicollis Pallas, 1782Green blister beetle
Epicauta (Epicauta) testaceipes Fairmaire, 1882
Epicauta (Epicauta) thailandica Dvorak, 1996
Epicauta (Epicauta) tomentosa Mäklin, 1875
Epicauta (Epicauta) westermanni Mäklin, 1875
Euzonitis quadrimaculata Pallas, 1782
Hycleus affinis (Billberg, 1813)⇒ Lasiostola affinis Kraatz, 1882
Hycleus argentata Fabricius, 1792
Hycleus argentatus Fabricius, 1792
Hycleus benuensis Voigts, 1901
Hycleus chevrolati Beauregard, 1889
Hycleus guineensis
Hycleus hermanniae Fabricius, 1792
Hycleus mylabroides Laporte, 1840
Hycleus polymorphus Pallas, 1771
Hycleus polymorphus polymorphus Pallas, 1771
Hycleus terminatus Illiger, 1800
Hycleus tristigmus Gerstacker, 1854
Lytta (Lytta) vesicatoria Linnaeus, 1758Blister Beetle
Lytta vesicatoria vesicatoria Linnaeus, 1758
Megatrachelus subpolitus Reitter, 1911
Meloe (Coelomeloe) tuccius Rossi, 1792
Meloe tuccius tuccius Rossi, 1792
Meloe (Eurymeloe) austrinus Wollaston, 1854
Meloe (Eurymeloe) baudii Leoni, 1907
Meloe (Eurymeloe) brevicollis Panzer, 1793Short-necked Oil Beetle
Meloe brevicollis brevicollis Panzer, 1793
Meloe (Eurymeloe) fernandezi Pardo Alcaide, 1951
Meloe (Eurymeloe) mediterraneus J. Müller, 1925
Meloe (Eurymeloe) rugosus Marsham, 1802Rugged Oil-beetle
Meloe (Eurymeloe) scabriusculus (Brandt & Eri..., 1832)⇒ Meloe baudii Leoni, 1907
Meloe (Lampromeloe) variegatus Donovan, 1793Speckled oil beetle
Meloe variegatus variegatus Donovan, 1793
Meloe aegypytius aegypytius aegypytius B..., 1832
Meloe aegypytius subcyaneus Wollaston, 1864
Meloe (Meloe) proscarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Mordella aradasiana Patti, 1840
Meloe proscarabaeus proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
Meloe (Meloe) violaceus Marsham, 1802Violet oil beetle
Meloe (Meloegonius) cicatricosus Leach, 1815
Meloe (Treiodous) autumnalis (A. G. Olivier, 1797)⇒ Meloe rugosus Marsham, 1802
Meloe autumnalis autumnalis Olivier, 1792
Mylabris (Mylabris) bella Marseul, 1872Say´s Spiketail
Mylabris (Mylabris) bifasciata De Geer, 1778
Mylabris (Mylabris) bihumerosa Marseul, 1872
Mylabris (Mylabris) dentata Olivier, 1811
Mylabris (Mylabris) dumolini Laporte de C..., 1840
Mylabris (Mylabris) fiesi Voigts, 1901
Mylabris (Mylabris) holosericea Klug, 1835
Mylabris (Mylabris) lemoulti Pic, 1913
Mylabris (Mylabris) maculosa Klug, 1835
Mylabris (Mylabris) nubica Marseul, 1872
Mylabris (Mylabris) pallipes Olivier, 1811
Mylabris (Mylabris) postunifasciata Pic, 1913
Mylabris (Mylabris) pubescens Klug, 1835
Mylabris (Mylabris) testaceilabris Pic, 1913
Mylabris (Mylabris) tibialis Marseul, 1872
Mylabris (Mylabris) trifasciata (Thunberg, 1791)⇒ Croscherichia paykulli Billberg, 1813
Mylabris (Mylabris) variabilis (Pallas, 1782)⇒ Hycleus polymorphus polymorphus Pallas, 1771
Mylabris (Mylabris) vestita Reiche, 1849
Mylabris haemorrhoa (Klug, 1835)⇒ Hycleus terminatus Illiger, 1800
Psalydolytta castaneipennis Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta cineracea Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta delkeskampi Kaszab, 1954
Psalydolytta dimbrokoana Kaszab, 1954
Psalydolytta endroedyi Kaszab, 1981
Psalydolytta flavicornis Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta freudei Kaszab, 1954
Psalydolytta fusca Olivier, 1795
Psalydolytta fuscicornis Klug, 1835
Psalydolytta jaloffa Castelnau, 1840
Psalydolytta laticornis Kaszab, 1954
Psalydolytta leprieuri Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta leucophaea Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta lineaticollis Pic, 1953
Psalydolytta minuta Pic, 1932
Psalydolytta mouffleti Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta notaticeps Pic, 1947
Psalydolytta pilipes Mäklin, 1875
Psalydolytta rossii Bologna, 1994
Psalydolytta substrigata Castelnau, 1840
Psalydolytta vestita Dufour, 1821
Psalydolytta villosa Fabricius, 1798
Stenoria (Stenoria) canariensis Pic, 1902
Sybaris ictericus Gyllenhal, 1817
Sybaris occidentalis Kaszab, 1981
Synhoria macrognatha Fairmaire, 1887
Synhoria senegalensis Laporte, 1840
Zonitomorpha incostata Pic, 1932
Zonitoschema atrimembris Fairmaire, 1894
Zonitoschema coccinea Fabricius, 1801
Zonitoschema griseohirta Pic, 1914
Zonitoschema nigroapicalis Pic, 1948
Zonitoschema oculatissima Peyerimhoff, 1929
Zonitoschema rhobompana Pic, 1911
Zonitoschema rubricolor Pic, 1924
Zonitoschema tenuicollis Fabricius, 1811

Subnodes of Meloidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyEleticinae
Wellman, 1910
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMeloinae
Gyllenhal, 1810
12
104
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNemognathinae
Laporte, 1840
8
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetraonycinae
Bøving & Craighead, 1931
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)
Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)


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Meloidae at artfakta.se
Meloidae at dyntaxa.se
Meloidae at gbif.org
Meloidae at irmng.org
Meloidae at itis.gov