Ants
Ants
Arachnids
Arachnids
Bees
Bees
Beetles
Beetles
Booklice
Booklice
Bugs
Bugs
Bumblebees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Butterflies
Cicadas
Cicadas
Crane flies
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Earwigs
Earwigs
Flies
Flies
Isopods
Isopods
Locusts
Locusts
Mantises
Mantises
Mayflies
Mayflies
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes
Myriapods
Myriapods
Net-winged
Net-winged
Plant-parasitic
Plant-parasitic
Scorpion flies
Scorpion flies
Termites
Termites
Wasps
Wasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist of Family Melyridae Leach, 1815 (Malachite Beetles)
for Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2182
5485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
62
1006
2825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
59
860
2267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
30
340
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
3
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
14
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunisia
14 Genera with 29 Species
Anthomalachius1SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Charopus Erichson, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Clanoptilus Motschoulsky, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Colotes Erichson, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosus Motschoulsky, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Danacea Laporte de C..., 18943SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 1868Metallic flower beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Dasytidius Schilsky, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Ebaeus Erichson, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Sphinginus Mulsant, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Troglops Erichson, 18772SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
29 Species
Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) trinacriensis Ragusa, 1872
Attalus (Antholinus) jocosus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) alpinus Giraud, 1851
Attalus (Attalus) lusitanicus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) panurgus Evers, 1991
Attalus (Ebaeimorphus) maculicollis Lucas, 1849
Axinotarsus (Tarxinosus) brevicornis Kraatz, 1862
Charopus apicalis Kiesenwetter, 1859
Charopus rotundatus Erichson, 1840
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) rufus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinosus (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Anthomalachius spinosus Erichson, 1840
Colotes (Antidipnis) punctatus Erichson, 1840
Colotes (Colotes) maculatus Laporte de C..., 1836
Cyrtosus (Cyrtosus) cyanipennis Erichson, 1840
Danacea (Danacea) distincta Lucas, 1849
Danacea (Danacea) minuta Pic, 1894
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) metallicus Fabricius, 1792
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) productus Schilsky, 1894
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) aeneiventris Küster, 1850
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) aeratus Stephens, 1829
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) croceipes Kiesenwetter, 1865
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) nigroaeneus Küster, 1850
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) nigrocyaneus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Dasytidius ragusae Prochazka, 1895
Ebaeus (Majerus) humilis Erichson, 1840
Ebaeus alpinus (Giraud, 1851)⇒ Attalus alpinus Giraud, 1851
Sphinginus lobatus Olivier, 1790
Troglops basicollis Fairmaire, 1877

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in Tunisia
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
4
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
10
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Links, sources and further information