Species list, Checklist of Family Melyridae (Malachite Beetles) for Kent (Southeast England, United Kingdom)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
and region Kent (Southeast England, United Kingdom)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	350 2125 3614	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	349 2123 3612	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	331 2056 3493	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	244 1805 3135	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	71 679 1204	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	66 561 890	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938	39 332 490	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cleroidea Latreille, 1802 Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles	4 14 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Melyridae Leach, 1815 Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles	5 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Kent
5 Genera with 8 Species

Anthocomus Erichson, 1784	2	Species	Taxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 1775	1	Species	Taxom
Clanoptilus Motschoulsky, 1885	2	Species	Taxom
Cordylepherus Evers, 1787	1	Species	Taxom
Malachius Fabricius, 1758	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Kent
8 Species

Anthocomus (Anthocomus) fasciatus Linnaeus, 1758
Anthocomus (Anthocomus) rufus Herbst, 1784
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) pulicarius Fabricius, 1775
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) marginellus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) strangulatus (Abeille de P..., 1885)	⇒ Anthomalachius strangulatus Abeille de P..., 1885
Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758	Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius (Malachius) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758	Malachite beetle

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Kent

Subfamily

Malachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles

5
8

Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Melyridae at gbif.org
Melyridae at irmng.org
Melyridae at itis.gov
Melyridae at marinespecies.org