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Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Texas (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
579
7672
21731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
576
7664
21725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
549
7545
21423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
359
6198
18053
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
103
2058
6329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
96
1855
5474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
50
1187
3321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
5
56
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
17
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Texas
17 Genera with 20 Species
Ablechrus Waterhouse, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Amecocerus Solier, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Amphivectura Blaisdell, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Anthocomus Erichson, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocoelus LeConte, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 18238SpeciesTaxom
Dasytastes Casey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dasytellus Casey, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 0Metallic flower beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Leptovectura Casey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Mecomycter Horn, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Melyrodes Gorham, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tanaops LeConte, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Trichochrous Motschoulsky, 18953SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Texas
20 Species
Ablechrus texensis Marshall, 1955
Attalus bicolor Marshall, 1953
Attalus scapularis Marshall, 1955
Attalus subtropicus Marshall, 1951
Attalus texanus Marshall, 1949
Collops bipunctatus Say, 1823Two-spotted Melyrid
Collops dux Fall, 1912
Collops knulli Marshall, 1951
Collops pallipes Marshall, 1951
Collops quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1798Four-Spotted Collops
Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912
Collops vittatus Say, 1823Two-lined collops
Dasytellus subovalis
Dasytes zonatus
Hypebaeus bicolor LeConte, 1852
Leptovectura adspersa Casey, 1895
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Mecomycter facetus (Casey, 1895)⇒ Scuromanius facetus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous ciliatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous simulans Casey, 1895

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Texas
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
8
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
8
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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