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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
695
12061
41020
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
692
12052
41005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
663
11902
40651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9806
35137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
130
3703
14161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
119
3330
11798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
64
1975
5416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
5
51
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
12
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
12 Genera with 26 Species
Anhomodactylus Mayor & Wittmer, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 04SpeciesTaxom
Celsus Lewis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1963Metallic flower beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Ebaeus Erichson, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 19857SpeciesTaxom
Intybia Pascoe, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Laius Guérin-Ménév..., 05SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Nepachys Thomson, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Sternodeattalus Wittmer, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anhomodactylus gotoi Nakane, 1956
Aplocnemus nigricornis nigricornis Fabricius, 1792
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) nigricornis Fabricius, 1792
Attalus elongatulus Lewis, 1895
Attalus japonicus Kiesenwetter, 1874
Attalus kaimon Nakane, 1987
Attalus kurokawensis
Celsus spectabilis Lewis, 1895
Dasytes (Dasytes) niger Linnaeus, 1761
Dasytes japonicus Kiesenwetter, 1874
Dasytes vulgaris Nakane, 1963
Ebaeus chibaensis Nakane, 1989
Ebaeus yamawakii Nakane, 1985
Hypebaeus flavocaudatus Nakane, 1956
Hypebaeus miyakoanus Nakane, 1985
Hypebaeus okinawensis Wittmer, 1958
Hypebaeus tokunoshimanus Nakane, 1985
Hypebaeus towadensis Nakane, 1985
Hypebaeus yoronensis Nakane, 1985
Laius asahinai Nakane, 1955
Laius kawasakii
Laius miyamotoi Nakane, 1955
Laius niponicus Lewis, 1895
Laius takaraensis
Malachius (Malachius) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758Malachite beetle
Malachius okinawaensis Nakane, 1985

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
9
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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