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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Spain (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
671
9195
31277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
667
9176
31220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
634
9058
30977
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
410
7414
26661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
118
2863
11756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
105
2499
9599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
59
1431
4783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
5
68
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
36
180
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Spain
36 Genera with 180 Species
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Allotarsodasytes Pic, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Allotarsus Graells, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Amauronia Westwood, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Anthocomus Erichson, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Anthomalachius1SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 184317SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 195445SpeciesTaxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 18626SpeciesTaxom
Cephalogonia Wollaston, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Cephaloncus Westwood, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Charopus Erichson, 18405SpeciesTaxom
Clanoptilus Motschoulsky, 186510SpeciesTaxom
Colotes Erichson, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Cordylepherus Evers, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosus Motschoulsky, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Danacaea Agassiz, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Danacea Laporte de C..., 18698SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1862Metallic flower beetles24SpeciesTaxom
Dolichophron Kiesenwetter, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Ebaeus Erichson, 17855SpeciesTaxom
Falsomelyris Pic, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Fortunatius Evers, 18629SpeciesTaxom
Gietella Constantin &..., 19872SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Ifnidius de la Escalera, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 17989SpeciesTaxom
Mauroania Majer, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Melyris Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Melyrosoma Wollaston, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Micrinus Mulsant & Rey, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Nepachys Thomson, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Pelochrus Mulsant, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Protapalochrus Evers, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Sphinginus Mulsant, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Trochantodon Escalera, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Troglops Erichson, 18404SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Spain
180 Species and 2 Subspecies
Allotarsodasytes monstrosipes Pic, 1909
Allotarsus melaleucotrichos Graells, 1858
Amauronia procera Majer, 1997
Anthocomus (Anthocomus) fenestratus Linder, 1864
Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) albipilis Kiesenwetter, 1863
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) andalusicus Rosenhauer, 1856
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) aragonicus Constantin, 2005
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rugulosus Rosenhauer, 1856
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) sculpturatus Wollaston, 1862
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) vestitus Wollaston, 1862
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) virens Suffrian, 1843
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) albipilis Kiesenwetter, 1863
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) andalusicus Rosenhauer, 1856
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) impressus Marsham, 1802
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) limbipennis Kiesenwetter, 1865
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) rufomarginatus Perris, 1869
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) rugulosus Rosenhauer, 1856
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) sculpturatus Wollaston, 1862
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) vestitus Wollaston, 1862
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) virens Suffrian, 1843
Attalus (Abrinus) amictus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Abrinus) analis Panzer, 1796
Attalus (Abrinus) limbatus Fabricius, 1798
Attalus (Abrinus) pictus Kiesenwetter, 1850
Attalus (Antholinus) elzeari Uhagon, 1901
Attalus (Antholinus) minimus Rossi, 1790
Attalus (Antholinus) sericans Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Antholinus) varitarsis Kraatz, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) aenescens Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) angustifrons Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) anthicoides Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) bandamae Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) betancuriensis Evers, 1960
Attalus (Attalus) chrysanthemi Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) columbi Evers, 1960
Attalus (Attalus) crispus Lindberg, 1953
Attalus (Attalus) cyaneus Fabricius, 1792
Attalus (Attalus) euphorbiae Escalera, 1921
Attalus (Attalus) fernandezi Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) gineri Escalera, 1942
Attalus (Attalus) gomerensis Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) gracilis Kiesenwetter, 1865
Attalus (Attalus) hariensis Evers, 1960
Attalus (Attalus) laevicollis Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) lusitanicus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) mascae Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) monticola Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) obscurus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) ochraceus Lindberg, 1950
Attalus (Attalus) ornatissimus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) ovatipennis Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) pallidior Escalera, 1921
Attalus (Attalus) pallipes Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) palmensis Lindberg, 1950
Attalus (Attalus) panurgus Evers, 1991
Attalus (Attalus) pardoalcaldei Plata, 1990
Attalus (Attalus) pellucidus Wollaston, 1854
Attalus (Attalus) pini Evers, 1971
Attalus (Attalus) ruficollis Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) rugifrons Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) subaenescens Escalera, 1921
Attalus (Attalus) sublaevis Lindberg, 1953
Attalus (Attalus) subopacus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) tuberculatus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Ebaeimorphus) escalerianus Pardo, 1954
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) marginalis Laporte de C..., 1840
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) peninsularis Abeille, 1881
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) pulicarius Fabricius, 1775
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) ruficollis Olivier, 1790
Axinotarsus (Tarxinosus) brevicornis Kraatz, 1862
Cephalogonia cerasina Wollaston, 1862
Cephalogonia fortunata Evers, 1986
Cephalogonia gautardi Abeille, 1881
Cephalogonia satanas Escalera, 1921
Cephalogonia scurra Evers, 1986
Cephaloncus (Traugliscolus) capito Westwood, 1863
Cephaloncus (Traugliscolus) lindbergi Evers, 1961
Cephaloncus (Traugliscolus) palmensis Evers & Garcia, 1997
Charopus apicalis Kiesenwetter, 1859
Charopus flavipes (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Charopus graminicola Dejean, 1833
Charopus graminicola Dejean, 1833
Charopus pallipes Olivier, 1790
Charopus rotundatus Erichson, 1840
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) abdominalis Fabricius, 1793
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) arnaizi Pardo, 1966
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) elegans (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Clanoptilus marginellus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) geniculatus Germar, 1824
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) marginellus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) parilis Erichson, 1840
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) rufus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinosus (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Clanoptilus (Hypoptilus) barnevillei Puton, 1865
Colotes (Antidipnis) punctatus Erichson, 1840
Colotes (Colotes) maculatus Laporte de C..., 1836
Colotes (Pseudodipnis) alutaceus Wollaston, 1862
Colotes (Pseudodipnis) javeti Du Val, 1852
Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Cyrtosus (Cyrtosus) cyanipennis Erichson, 1840
Cyrtosus (Cyrtosus) flavilabris Waltl, 1835
Danacaea particeps Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Danacea (Danacea) atripes Graells, 1858
Danacea (Danacea) hispanica Gougelet, 1859
Danacea (Danacea) longiceps Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Danacea (Danacea) nigritarsis Küster, 1850
Danacea (Danacea) pallipes Panzer, 1793
Danacea (Danacea) pygmaea Schaufuss, 1869
Danacea (Danacea) ziczac Schaufuss, 1869
Dasytes (Anthoxenus) nigropunctatus Küster, 1849
Dasytes (Anthoxenus) subaeneus (Schönherr, 1817)⇒ Dasytes blaisdelli Pic, 1937
Dasytes (Dasytes) korbi Schilsky, 1898
Dasytes (Dasytes) monstrosipes Pic, 1909
Dasytes (Dasytes) niger Linnaeus, 1761
Dasytes (Dasytes) terminalis Jacquelin du..., 1861
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) gonocerus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) staudingeri Schilsky, 1897
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) tristiculus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) alticola Palm, 1974
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) canariensis Lindberg, 1950
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) inexspectatus Palm, 1974
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) israelsoni Palm, 1974
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) lanzarotensis Palm, 1974
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) nigricornis Brullé, 1838
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) nigroaeneus Küster, 1850
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) oculatus (Kiesenwetter, 1867)⇒ Dasytes plumbeus M?ller, 1776
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) plumbeus M?ller, 1776
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) virens (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Aplocnemus virens Suffrian, 1843
Dasytes (Metadasytes) caeruleus (DeGeer, 1774)⇒ Dasytes cyaneus Baudi di Selve, 1889
Dasytes (Metadasytes) fusculus Illiger, 1801
Dasytes blaisdelli Pic, 1937
Dasytes cyaneus Baudi di Selve, 1889
Dasytes subaenescens Wollaston, 1862
Dolichophron hartungi Wollaston, 1862
Ebaeus (Majerus) appendiculatus Erichson, 1840
Ebaeus (Majerus) collaris Erichson, 1840
Ebaeus (Majerus) glabricollis Mulsant & Rey, 1867
Ebaeus (Majerus) mendax Kiesenwetter, 1866
Ebaeus (Majerus) thoracicus Fourcroy, 1785
Falsomelyris granulata Fabricius, 1792
Fortunatius chamaeleon Escalera, 1921
Fortunatius chamaeleon adejensis Evers, 1961
Fortunatius chamaeleon chamaeleon Escalera, 1921
Fortunatius jubilatus Evers, 1971
Fortunatius jucundus Wollaston, 1862
Fortunatius mencey Evers, 1971
Fortunatius metallicus Wollaston, 1862
Fortunatius posticus Wollaston, 1862
Gietella faialensis Menier & Con..., 1988Stone beetle
Gietella fortunata Constantin &..., 1987
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) alicianus Du Val, 1859
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) brisouti Mulsant & Rey, 1867
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) flavicollis Erichson, 1840
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) flavipes Fabricius, 1787Moccas Beetle
Hypebaeus (Hypebaeus) pius Kiesenwetter, 1865
Ifnidius petricola Plata & Evers, 1987
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius (Malachius) barnevillei (Puton, 1865)⇒ Clanoptilus barnevillei Puton, 1865
Malachius (Malachius) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758Malachite beetle
Malachius (Malachius) elegans Olivier, 1790
Malachius (Malachius) lusitanicus Erichson, 1840
Malachius (Malachius) marginellus (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Clanoptilus marginellus Olivier, 1790
Malachius (Malachius) viridis (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Malachius (Protomalachius) australis Mulsant & Rey, 1867
Malachius abdominalis Fabricius, 1798
Mauroania bourgeoisi Pic, 1894
Mauroania elegans Kiesenwetter, 1867
Mauroania hispana Kiesenwetter, 1859
Melyris (Zygia) oblonga Fabricius, 1775
Melyrosoma costipenne Wollaston, 1862
Melyrosoma flavescens Wollaston, 1862
Melyrosoma hirtum Wollaston, 1862
Micrinus dimorphus Abeille, 1881
Micrinus inornatus Küster, 1846
Nepachys peucedani Abeille, 1885
Pelochrus moroderi Pic, 1915
Pelochrus pallidulus Erichson, 1840
Protapalochrus flavolimbatus Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Sphinginus coarctatus Erichson, 1840
Trochantodon tibiellus Rosenhauer, 1856
Troglops capitatus Erichson, 1840
Troglops marginatus Waltl, 1835
Troglops silo Erichson, 1840

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Spain
SubfamilyDanaceinae
C.G. Thomson, 1859
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
9
54
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
22
117
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
3
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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