Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
601
752 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 54
506
595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 31
300
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles | 3
18
5 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Melyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles | 12
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
12 Genera with 1 Species | Ascolhedybius Wittmer, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephaloncus Westwood, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalicorus Erichson, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colpometopus Abeille, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasytes Paykull, 0 | Metallic flower beetles | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasytophasis Champion, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinometopus Gorham, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucerapheles Champion, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melyris Fabricius, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pagurodactylus Gorham, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelochrus Mulsant, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Youngatroglops Wittmer, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
1 Species
Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Cape Town
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