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Checklist for Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
and region Ontario (East Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
577
7616
22760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
575
7611
22754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
549
7486
22379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
6421
19627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
109
1912
6100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
1714
4925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
56
964
2375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
4
34
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
9
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ontario
9 Genera with 18 Species
Anthocomus Erichson, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 18254SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosus Motschoulsky, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Dolichosoma Stephens, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Nodopus Marshall, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Temnopsophus Horn, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ontario
18 Species
Anthocomus (Celidus) equestris Fabricius, 1781Black-Banded Soft-Winged Flower Beetle
Attalus morulus LeConte, 1852
Attalus nigrellus LeConte, 1852
Attalus pallifrons Motschulsky, 1859
Attalus terminalis Say, 1825
Collops quadrimaculata
Collops quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1798Four-Spotted Collops
Collops tricolor Say, 1823
Collops vittatus Say, 1823Two-lined collops
Cyrtosus (Cyrtosus) flavilabris Waltl, 1835
Dolichosoma foveicolle Kirby, 1837
Hypebaeus apicalis Say, 1825
Hypebaeus bicolor LeConte, 1852
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius flavilabrus
Malachius ulkei Horn, 1872
Nodopus flavilabris Say, 1825
Temnopsophus bimaculata

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Ontario
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
8
17
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Melyridae at gbif.org
Melyridae at irmng.org
Melyridae at itis.gov
Melyridae at marinespecies.org