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Checklist for Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
and region Tenerife (Canary Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
200
952
1384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
199
951
1384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
197
945
1377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
140
765
1151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
57
349
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
53
295
512
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
32
183
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
3
13
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
9
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tenerife
9 Genera with 20 Species
Aplocnemus Stephens, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 186213SpeciesTaxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Cephalogonia Wollaston, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Cephaloncus Westwood, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Dolichophron Kiesenwetter, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Fortunatius Evers, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Gietella Constantin &..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Melyrosoma Wollaston, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tenerife
20 Species
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) sculpturatus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) aenescens Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) angustifrons Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) euphorbiae Escalera, 1921
Attalus (Attalus) gomerensis Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) mascae Evers, 1961
Attalus (Attalus) ornatissimus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) pallipes Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) pardoalcaldei Plata, 1990
Attalus (Attalus) pellucidus Wollaston, 1854
Attalus (Attalus) ruficollis Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) rugifrons Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) subaenescens Escalera, 1921
Attalus (Attalus) tuberculatus Wollaston, 1862
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) ruficollis Olivier, 1790
Cephalogonia satanas Escalera, 1921
Cephaloncus (Traugliscolus) lindbergi Evers, 1961
Dolichophron hartungi Wollaston, 1862
Fortunatius chamaeleon Escalera, 1921
Gietella fortunata Constantin &..., 1987

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Tenerife
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



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