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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16581
69850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16571
69836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16352
68957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
13007
57703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
117
5098
23665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
4774
21781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
58
2900
11457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
4
52
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
5
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
5 Genera with 4 Species
Ablechrus Waterhouse, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1761Metallic flower beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Rhadalus LeConte, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
4 Species
Attalus (Attalus) rostratus (Wollaston, 1854)⇒ Attalus neglectus Marshall, 1946
Attalus neglectus Marshall, 1946
Collops quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1798Four-Spotted Collops
Dasytes (Dasytes) niger Linnaeus, 1761

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
2
1
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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