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Checklist for Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
and region Sicily (Italy)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
442
4789
12162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
439
4779
12141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
425
4738
12061
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
296
3753
9814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
84
1591
4617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
77
1415
4008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
44
819
2451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
4
37
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
19
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sicily
19 Genera with 69 Species
Anthomalachius1SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 196815SpeciesTaxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 17905SpeciesTaxom
Clanoptilus Motschoulsky, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Colotes Erichson, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Cordylepherus Evers, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosus Motschoulsky, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Danacea Laporte de C..., 19799SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1776Metallic flower beetles6SpeciesTaxom
Dasytidius Schilsky, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Divales Laporte de C..., 17983SpeciesTaxom
Dolichosoma Stephens, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Ebaeus Erichson, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 19179SpeciesTaxom
Melyris Fabricius, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Sphinginus Mulsant, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Troglops Erichson, 18771SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sicily
69 Species and 4 Subspecies
Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) marginatus Rottenberg, 1871
Aplocnemus (Diplambe) crenicollis Kiesenwetter, 1863
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) acutangulus Schilsky, 1897
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) pectinatus Küster, 1850
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) trinacriensis Ragusa, 1872
Attalus (Abrinus) parietariae Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Abrinus) ragusae Schaufuss, 1870
Attalus (Antholinus) minimus Rossi, 1790
Attalus (Antholinus) variitarsis Kraatz, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) aetnensis Abeille, 1891
Attalus (Attalus) cyaneus Fabricius, 1792
Attalus (Attalus) dalmatinus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) melitensis Peyron, 1877
Attalus nourricheli nourricheli
Attalus (Attalus) panurgus Evers, 1991
Attalus (Attalus) postremus Abeille, 1882
Attalus (Attalus) semitogatus Fairmaire, 1863
Attalus (Attalus) sicanus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) tristis Lucas, 1849
Attalus (Attalus) vidualis Pardo, 1968
Axinotarsus longicornis longicornis
Axinotarsus longicornis rufithorax Kiesenwetter, 1859
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) marginalis Laporte de C..., 1840
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) pulicarius Fabricius, 1775
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) ruficollis Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) parilis Erichson, 1840
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinipennis Germar, 1824
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinosus (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Colotes (Antidipnis) punctatus Erichson, 1840
Colotes (Colotes) maculatus Laporte de C..., 1836
Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Cyrtosus (Oogynes) ovalis Laporte de C..., 1836
Danacea (Allodanacaea) caneparii Liberti, 1985
Danacea (Allodanacaea) elongatipennis Pic, 1917
Danacea (Allodanacaea) sicana Liberti, 1985
Danacea (Danacea) bucciarellii Liberti, 1979
Danacea (Danacea) distincta Lucas, 1849
Danacea (Danacea) nigripalpis Fiori, 1912
Danacea (Danacea) sicula Pic, 1895
Danacea (Danacea) temporalis Schilsky, 1897
Danacea (Danacea) trinacriae Liberti, 1979
Dasytes (Anthoxenus) griseus Küster, 1849
Dasytes (Dasytes) flavescens Géné, 1839
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) coerulescens Küster, 1852
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) metallicus Fabricius, 1792
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) tristiculus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) plumbeus M?ller, 1776
Dasytidius medius Rottenberg, 1871
Dasytidius melitensis Bourgeois, 1885
Dasytidius ragusai Prochazka, 1895
Divales bipustulatus Fabricius, 1781
Divales communimacula Costa, 1847
Divales haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1798
Dolichosoma simile Brullé, 1832
Ebaeus (Majerus) gibbus Drapiez, 1819
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) flavicollis Erichson, 1840
Malachius (Malachius) bellieri Peyron, 1877
Malachius elegans elegans
Malachius (Malachius) lusitanicus Erichson, 1840
Malachius (Malachius) parilis Erichson, 1840
Malachius (Malachius) spinipennis (Germar, 1824)⇒ Malachius horni Fall, 1917
Malachius (Malachius) spinosus (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Malachius (Malachius) viridis (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Malachius (Protomalachius) australis Mulsant & Rey, 1867
Malachius horni Fall, 1917
Melyris (Zygia) bicolor Fabricius, 1801
Melyris (Zygia) oblonga Fabricius, 1775
Sphinginus coarctatus Erichson, 1840
Troglops latifrons Peyron, 1877

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Sicily
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
6
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
12
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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