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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
589
7913
22353
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
586
7905
22347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
557
7770
22009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
364
6349
18517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
105
2106
6485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
98
1894
5574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
52
1216
3381
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, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Amecocerus Solier, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Amphivectura Blaisdell, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Anthocomus Erichson, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocoelus LeConte, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 18237SpeciesTaxom
Dasytastes Casey, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasytellus Casey, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 0Metallic flower beetles1SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Leptovectura Casey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Mecomycter Horn, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Melyrodes Gorham, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Tanaops LeConte, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichochrous Motschoulsky, 18952SpeciesTaxom


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



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