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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Florida (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
560
7329
17776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
558
7325
17773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
528
7217
17514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
345
5894
14409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
99
1816
4521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
92
1614
3884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
50
1005
2326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
4
37
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
12
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Florida
12 Genera with 8 Species
Ablechrus Waterhouse, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Anthocomus Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Apalochrus Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 18252SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocoelus LeConte, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1799Metallic flower beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Melyrodes Gorham, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Temnopsophus Horn, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Florida
8 Species
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) basalis Küster, 1849
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) cribrarius Brullé, 1832
Attalus melanopterus Erichson, 1840
Attalus terminalis Say, 1825
Hypebaeus bicolor LeConte, 1852
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Melyrodes floridana Casey, 1895
Temnopsophus impressus Schwarz, 1878

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Florida
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
9
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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