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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
29305
172244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
995
29268
172152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
935
28859
170700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
570
22108
142188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
157
8635
61784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
138
7748
53150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
82
4852
28470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
7
137
806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
30
329
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Oceania
30 Genera with 329 Species
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A
B
C
D
F
H
I
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M
N
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Ablechrus Waterhouse, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Apalochrus Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Attalomimus Wittmer, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Balanophorus MacLeay, 190914SpeciesTaxom
Brachyhedibius Pic, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Calachromus1SpeciesTaxom
Carphuroides Champion, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Carphurus Erichson, 187790SpeciesTaxom
Chaetosoma Westwood, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chaetosomodes Broun, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Colotes Erichson, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1921Metallic flower beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Dicranolaius Champion, 189949SpeciesTaxom
Flabellolaius Wittmer, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Halyles Broun, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Helcogaster Boheman, 192192SpeciesTaxom
Hoppingiana Blaisdell, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Hypattalus Blackburn, 189938SpeciesTaxom
Intybia Pascoe, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Laius Guérin-Ménév..., 195413SpeciesTaxom
Listrus Motschoulsky, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Melyrodes Gorham, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Neocarphurus Lea, 189512SpeciesTaxom
Simoderus Abeille de P..., 19093SpeciesTaxom
Telocarphurus Wittmer, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Thoraxocarphurus Wittmer, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Troglolaius Wittmer, 19096SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oceania
329 Species and 2 Subspecies
Attalus kaimon Nakane, 1987
Balanophorus ater Lea, 1909
Balanophorus biplagiatus Fairmaire, 1879
Balanophorus brevipennis Germar, 1848
Balanophorus concinnus Lea, 1921
Balanophorus inaequalis Pic, 1917
Balanophorus janthinipennis Fairmaire, 1879
Balanophorus macleayi Lea, 1895
Balanophorus mastersii W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Balanophorus megalops Lea, 1902
Balanophorus notaticollis Pic, 1917
Balanophorus pictus Lea, 1909
Balanophorus scapulatus Fairmaire, 1879
Balanophorus victoriensis Lea, 1909
Calachromus latithorax
Carphuroides pectinatus Sharp, 1885Soft-winged flower beetle
Carphurus alterniventris Fairmaire, 1879
Carphurus angustatus Lea, 1895
Carphurus apicalis W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Carphurus apiciventris Lea, 1895
Carphurus armiceps Lea, 1929
Carphurus armicollis Lea, 1929
Carphurus armipennis Fairmaire, 1879
Carphurus atricapillis Lea, 1909
Carphurus atronitens LeConte, 1879
Carphurus azureipennis W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Carphurus balteatus Lea, 1921
Carphurus basipennis LeConte, 1879
Carphurus basiventris Lea, 1895
Carphurus bifoveatus Lea, 1895
Carphurus blackburni Lea, 1895
Carphurus brevipennis (Schenkling, 1902)⇒ Balanophorus brevipennis Germar, 1848
Carphurus caledonicus Wittmer, 1983
Carphurus cervicalis Germar, 1848
Carphurus choresiniformis
Carphurus collaris Lea, 1921
Carphurus compsus Lea, 1921
Carphurus cribratus Lea, 1921
Carphurus cristatifrons Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus cyaneipennis W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Carphurus cyanopterus Boheman, 1858
Carphurus diophthalmus Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus elegans Lea, 1909
Carphurus elongatus W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Carphurus excisus Lea, 1921
Carphurus facialis Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus fasciculatus Lea, 1909
Carphurus fasciipennis Fairmaire, 1879
Carphurus flavoterminatus
Carphurus fossor Lea, 1909
Carphurus frenchi Lea, 1909
Carphurus gallinaceus Lea, 1921
Carphurus incurvipennis Lea, 1929
Carphurus insigniceps Lea, 1922
Carphurus interocularis Lea, 1921
Carphurus invenustus Lea, 1902
Carphurus kurandanus Pic, 1918
Carphurus kuscheli
Carphurus laesifrons Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus latipennis Lea, 1895
Carphurus latus Lea, 1921
Carphurus lepidus Lea, 1895
Carphurus longicollis Lea, 1895
Carphurus longipes Lea, 1909
Carphurus longus Lea, 1895
Carphurus macrops Lea, 1921
Carphurus maculicollis Lea, 1921
Carphurus maculiventris Lea, 1909
Carphurus marginiventris Fairmaire, 1879
Carphurus micropterus Lea, 1921
Carphurus myrmecophilus Lea, 1919
Carphurus nigrivarius Lea, 1929
Carphurus nigrofasciatus Lea, 1921
Carphurus nubipennis Fairmaire, 1879
Carphurus obliquevittatus
Carphurus opacipennis Lea, 1921
Carphurus pallidifrons Lea, 1909
Carphurus pallidipennis W. J. MacLeay, 1872
Carphurus pallidipennis pallidipennis
Carphurus philonthoides Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus pictipes Lea, 1895
Carphurus pisonae
Carphurus pisoniae Lea, 1921
Carphurus pravus Lea, 1909
Carphurus punctatus Lea, 1909
Carphurus punctithorax
Carphurus purpureipennis Lea, 1921
Carphurus rhagonychinus LeConte, 1879
Carphurus sagittifer Lea, 1929
Carphurus segmentarius Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus semirufus Lea, 1921
Carphurus simulator Lea, 1909
Carphurus spinipennis Lea, 1921
Carphurus strigicollis Lea, 1909
Carphurus tachyporoides Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus telephoroides Fairmaire, 1877
Carphurus testaceipes Lea, 1895
Carphurus tricolor Lea, 1921
Carphurus triimpressus Lea, 1909
Carphurus uncinatus Lea, 1909
Carphurus variipennis Lea, 1909
Carphurus vigilans Lea, 1909
Carphurus vitiensis
Carphurus wilsoni Lea, 1929
Carphurus xanthochrous Fairmaire, 1877
Chaetosoma colossa
Chaetosomodes halli Broun, 1921
Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876
Collops vittatus Say, 1823Two-lined collops
Colotes minutulus Wittmer, 1983
Dasytes (Dasytes) niger Linnaeus, 1761
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) alpigradus Kiesenwetter, 1863
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) bourgeoisi Schilsky, 1903
Dasytes blackburni
Dasytes erythroderes
Dasytes subellipticus Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius acervatus Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius albomaculatus Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius armstrongianus Wittmer, 1954
Dicranolaius aulacophoroides Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius baloghi Wittmer, 1978
Dicranolaius bellulus Guérin-Ménev..., 1830Red and blue beetle
Dicranolaius beswickensis
Dicranolaius c-pupureus
Dicranolaius c-purpureus Lea, 1914
Dicranolaius carus Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius cavicornis Lea, 1909
Dicranolaius cinctus Redtenbacher, 1867
Dicranolaius concavifrons Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius concinicornis Blackburn, 1888
Dicranolaius cpupureus Lea, 1914
Dicranolaius curvicornis Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius cyanocephalus Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius fimbriceps Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius flavifrons Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius flavonotatus Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius foramicornis Wittmer, 1959
Dicranolaius freyi Wittmer, 1959
Dicranolaius inconstans Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius intermedius Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius intricatus Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius janthinipennis Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius longus Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius maculiventris Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius mainoroensis
Dicranolaius major Blackburn, 1889
Dicranolaius nidicola Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius orcicornis Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius orthodoxus Lea, 1909
Dicranolaius pallidus Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius plagiaticollis Fairmaire, 1877
Dicranolaius planiceps Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius rugiceps Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius rugulipennis Fairmaire, 1877
Dicranolaius semimaculatus Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius sinus Lea, 1899
Dicranolaius sordidus Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius spinicornis Wittmer, 1954
Dicranolaius stenotarsus Lea, 1917
Dicranolaius tarsalis Lea, 1909
Dicranolaius tetrastictus Lea, 1922
Dicranolaius trifoveicornis Lea, 1921
Dicranolaius vflavus Lea, 1929
Dicranolaius villosus Lea, 1899
Flabellolaius mirocerus Lea, 1917
Helcogaster abdominalis Lea, 1929
Helcogaster affinis Lea, 1929
Helcogaster apicicornis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster apiciniger Lea, 1929
Helcogaster ater Lea, 1909
Helcogaster aterrimus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster atriceps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster basicollis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster basirufus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster bifoveiceps Lea, 1929
Helcogaster bilobus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster brachypterus Boheman, 1858
Helcogaster brevicornis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster calodemus Lea, 1929
Helcogaster canaliculatus Lea, 1895
Helcogaster capsulifer Lea, 1921
Helcogaster carinaticeps Lea, 1895
Helcogaster caviceps Lea, 1922
Helcogaster centralis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster ceraticeps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster coelocephalus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster concaviceps Lea, 1895
Helcogaster convexiceps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster cribriceps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster decipiens Lea, 1909
Helcogaster effeminatus Lea, 1908
Helcogaster excavifrons Lea, 1921
Helcogaster fasciatus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster flavipennis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster foveiceps Lea, 1895
Helcogaster foveicornis Lea, 1909
Helcogaster frater Lea, 1929
Helcogaster fuscitarsis Lea, 1895
Helcogaster gagatinus Lea, 1895
Helcogaster geniculatus Lea, 1922
Helcogaster hackeri Lea, 1921
Helcogaster helmsi Lea, 1909
Helcogaster holomelas Lea, 1929
Helcogaster hoplocephalus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster humeralis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster imperator Lea, 1921
Helcogaster impressifrons Boheman, 1858
Helcogaster incisicollis Lea, 1909
Helcogaster inflatus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster insignicornis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster insularis Lea, 1909
Helcogaster laterofuscus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster laticeps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster litoralis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster macrocephalus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster maculiceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster major Lea, 1895
Helcogaster marginicollis Lea, 1895
Helcogaster medioapicalis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster medioflavus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster medioniger Lea, 1929
Helcogaster melas Lea, 1921
Helcogaster modicus Lea, 1929
Helcogaster niger Lea, 1909
Helcogaster nigriceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster nigriventris Lea, 1921
Helcogaster obliquiceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster opaciceps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster oxyteloides Lea, 1921
Helcogaster pallidus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster paralellus Lea, 1895
Helcogaster pignerator Lea, 1921
Helcogaster pulchripes Lea, 1909
Helcogaster puncticeps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster punctilobus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster punctipennis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster rhyticephalus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster ruficornis Lea, 1895
Helcogaster seminigripennis Lea, 1921
Helcogaster seticeps Lea, 1929
Helcogaster simpliciceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster spinicollis Lea, 1909
Helcogaster strigiceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster sulciceps Lea, 1909
Helcogaster thoracicus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster triangulifer Lea, 1921
Helcogaster trifoveatus Lea, 1929
Helcogaster trifoveiceps Lea, 1921
Helcogaster trisinuatus Lea, 1921
Helcogaster tropicus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster ttuberculatus Lea, 1909
Helcogaster tuberculiceps Lea, 1929
Helcogaster tuberculifrons Lea, 1909
Helcogaster varius Lea, 1895
Helcogaster varius varius
Helcogaster ventralis Lea, 1921
Hoppingiana hudsonica LeConte, 1866
Hypattalus abdominalis Erichson, 1842
Hypattalus alphabeticus Lea, 1899
Hypattalus apicipennis Lea, 1915
Hypattalus apiciventris Lea, 1921
Hypattalus armipes Lea, 1929
Hypattalus australis Fairmaire, 1877
Hypattalus calcaratus Lea, 1909
Hypattalus carteri Lea, 1909
Hypattalus collaris Lea, 1899
Hypattalus cribripennis Lea, 1921
Hypattalus dentipes Lea, 1909
Hypattalus dispar Lea, 1899
Hypattalus distortipes Lea, 1909
Hypattalus elegans Blackburn, 1894
Hypattalus exilis Lea, 1909
Hypattalus flavipes Lea, 1921
Hypattalus flaviventris Lea, 1909
Hypattalus flavoapicalis Lea, 1921
Hypattalus inconspicuus Lea, 1921
Hypattalus insularis Lea, 1908
Hypattalus longicornis Lea, 1899
Hypattalus minutus Lea, 1921
Hypattalus mirabilis Lea, 1898
Hypattalus montanus Lea, 1909
Hypattalus mucronatus Lea, 1909
Hypattalus occidentalis (Lea, 1898)⇒ Hypattalus abdominalis Erichson, 1842
Hypattalus parvoniger Lea, 1921
Hypattalus pectinicornis Lea, 1929
Hypattalus pulcherrimus Lea, 1899
Hypattalus pulchripennis Lea, 1929
Hypattalus punctulatus Blackburn, 1894
Hypattalus queenslandicus Wilson, 1923
Hypattalus sordidus Lea, 1909
Hypattalus trianguliferus Lea, 1915
Hypattalus tricolor Lea, 1921
Hypattalus violaceus Lea, 1899
Hypattalus viridis Lea, 1899
Intybia filamentaria Lea, 1917
Laius alleni Lea, 1909
Laius armicollis (Lea, 1909)⇒ Troglolaius armicollis Lea, 1909
Laius concavifrons (Lea, 1917)⇒ Dicranolaius concavifrons Lea, 1917
Laius curvicornis (Lea, 1929)⇒ Dicranolaius curvicornis Lea, 1929
Laius effeminatus (Lea, 1921)⇒ Simoderus effeminatus Lea, 1921
Laius filamentarius Lea, 1917
Laius fimbriceps (Lea, 1929)⇒ Dicranolaius fimbriceps Lea, 1929
Laius intricatus (Lea, 1921)⇒ Dicranolaius intricatus Lea, 1921
Laius mastersii (WJ Macleay, 1872)⇒ Dicranolaius cinctus Redtenbacher, 1867
Laius minutus Lea, 1914
Laius purpureipennis Lea, 1916
Laius purpureus (Greiner, 1937)⇒ Dicranolaius cpupureus Lea, 1914
Laius triangulatus Wittmer, 1954
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius (Malachius) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758Malachite beetle
Melyrodes floridana Casey, 1895
Neocarphurus angustibasis Lea, 1921
Neocarphurus basizonis Lea, 1902
Neocarphurus chlorops Lea, 1899
Neocarphurus coatesi Lea, 1909
Neocarphurus costipennis Lea, 1921
Neocarphurus impunctatus Lea, 1895
Neocarphurus pilosipennis Lea, 1914
Neocarphurus semiflavus Lea, 1921
Neocarphurus seminiger Lea, 1929
Neocarphurus sobrinus Lea, 1909
Neocarphurus tuberculatus Lea, 1895
Simoderus effeminatus Lea, 1921
Simoderus flavopictus Lea, 1909
Telocarphurus strigilatus Wittmer, 1983
Thoraxocarphurus rhytideres Lea, 1902
Troglolaius apicicollis Lea, 1917
Troglolaius armicollis Lea, 1909
Troglolaius armstrongi Wittmer, 1952
Troglolaius miraculus Lea, 1917
Troglolaius sculptus Lea, 1909

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Oceania
SubfamilyChaetosomatinae
Rauthcr, 1930
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDanaceinae
C.G. Thomson, 1859
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
21
317
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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