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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
203
1005
1472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
201
1003
1472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
194
971
1424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
133
768
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
41
262
431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
36
207
325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
16
105
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
2
5
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Darwin
3 Genera with 3 Species
Carphurus Erichson, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Dicranolaius Champion, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Laius Guérin-Ménév..., 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Darwin
3 Species
Carphurus balteatus Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius major Blackburn, 1889
Laius purpureipennis Lea, 1916

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Darwin
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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