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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1098
25856
148294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1092
25818
148242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
999
25344
146344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
566
19996
121239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
154
6620
40223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
139
6058
34560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
75
3710
18410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cleroidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark-gnawing, Bark-gnawing Flower Beetles
6
152
623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelyridae
Leach, 1815
Malachite Beetles, Soft-wing flower beetles
65
296
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for USA
65 Genera with 296 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNPRSTV
Ablechrus Waterhouse, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Amecocerus Solier, 196210SpeciesTaxom
Amphivectura Blaisdell, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Anthocomus Erichson, 03SpeciesTaxom
Apalochrus Erichson, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Aplocnemus Stephens, 18626SpeciesTaxom
Asydates Casey, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Attalus Erichson, 195136SpeciesTaxom
Attalusinus Leng, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Axinotarsus Motschoulsky, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Brachemys Abeille, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Carphuroides Champion, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Chaetocoelus LeConte, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom
Clanoptilus Motschoulsky, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Collops Erichson, 182320SpeciesTaxom
Cordylepherus Evers, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Cradytes Casey, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtosus Motschoulsky, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Danacea Laporte de C..., 17933SpeciesTaxom
Dasyrhadus Fall, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dasytastes Casey, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Dasytellus Casey, 07SpeciesTaxom
Dasytes Paykull, 0Metallic flower beetles32SpeciesTaxom
Divales Laporte de C..., 18391SpeciesTaxom
Dolichophron Kiesenwetter, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dolichosoma Stephens, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Ebaeus Erichson, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Enallonyx Wolcott, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Endeodes LeConte, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Eschatocrepis LeConte, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Eudasytes Casey, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Eudasytites Wickham, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Eurdymis1SpeciesTaxom
Eutricholistra Blaisdell, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Eutrichopleurus Blaisdell, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Fortunatius Evers, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Gietella Constantin &..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Hapalorhinus LeConte, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoppingiana Blaisdell, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Ifnidius de la Escalera, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Leptovectura Casey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Listromimus Casey, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Listropsis Blaisdell, 1924
0SpeciesTaxom
Listrus Motschoulsky, 027SpeciesTaxom
Malachius Fabricius, 187418SpeciesTaxom
Mecomycter Horn, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Mectemycor Majer, 02SpeciesTaxom
Melyris Fabricius, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Melyrodes Gorham, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Microlipus LeConte, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Nepachys Thomson, 17611SpeciesTaxom
Nodopus Marshall, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Pelecophora Dejean, 1821
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhadalus LeConte, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Scelopristis Mayor, 2004
0SpeciesTaxom
Semijulistus Schilsky, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Sydatopsis Casey, 01SpeciesTaxom
Tanaops LeConte, 19379SpeciesTaxom
Temnopsophus Horn, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Trichoceble Thomson, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Trichochrous Motschoulsky, 189563SpeciesTaxom
Troglops Erichson, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Vectura Casey, 03SpeciesTaxom
Vecturoides Fall, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for USA
296 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ablechrus texensis Marshall, 1955
Amecocerus antonius Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus dayi Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus fenderi Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus hamatulus Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus juniperi Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus ovalis Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus productus Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus suckeri Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus tridens Hatch, 1962
Amecocerus trifasciatus Hatch, 1962
Amphivectura monticola Blaisdell, 1934
Anthocomus (Celidus) equestris Fabricius, 1781Black-Banded Soft-Winged Flower Beetle
Anthocomus (Neotrotus) bipunctatus Harrer, 1784
Anthocomus pusillus
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) virens Suffrian, 1843
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) basalis Küster, 1849
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) cribrarius Brullé, 1832
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) impressus Marsham, 1802
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) nigricornis Fabricius, 1792
Aplocnemus (Ischnopalpus) sculpturatus Wollaston, 1862
Asydates explanatus Casey, 1895
Asydates rufiventris Casey, 1895
Attalus (Abrinus) analis Panzer, 1796
Attalus (Abrinus) pictus Kiesenwetter, 1850
Attalus (Antholinus) minimus Rossi, 1790
Attalus (Attalus) chrysanthemi Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) hariensis Evers, 1960
Attalus (Attalus) obscurus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) ochraceus Lindberg, 1950
Attalus (Attalus) ovatipennis Wollaston, 1862
Attalus (Attalus) panurgus Evers, 1991
Attalus (Attalus) pini Evers, 1971
Attalus (Attalus) rostratus (Wollaston, 1854)⇒ Attalus neglectus Marshall, 1946
Attalus (Attalus) rugosus Wollaston, 1854
Attalus (Attalus) sicanus Erichson, 1840
Attalus (Attalus) subopacus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus bicolor Marshall, 1953
Attalus diffusus Marshall, 1951
Attalus frosti Marshall, 1951
Attalus greeni Marshall, 1949
Attalus humeralis LeConte, 1866
Attalus intermedius Marshall, 1953
Attalus melanopterus Erichson, 1840
Attalus minutus Marshall, 1946
Attalus morulus LeConte, 1852
Attalus neglectus Marshall, 1946
Attalus nigrellus LeConte, 1852
Attalus oregonensis Horn, 1872
Attalus pallifrons Motschulsky, 1859
Attalus posticus Wollaston, 1862
Attalus santarosae Marshall, 1951
Attalus scapularis Marshall, 1955
Attalus scincetus Say, 1825
Attalus subtropicus Marshall, 1951
Attalus terminalis Say, 1825
Attalus texanus Marshall, 1949
Attalus tucsonensis Marshall, 1951
Attalus utahensis Marshall, 1951
Attalusinus mexicanus
Attalusinus submarginatus LeConte, 1852
Axinotarsus (Axinotarsus) pulicarius Fabricius, 1775
Carphuroides pectinatus Sharp, 1885Soft-winged flower beetle
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) elegans (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Clanoptilus marginellus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) marginellus Olivier, 1790
Clanoptilus (Clanoptilus) spinipennis Germar, 1824
Collops arizonensis Marshall, 1951
Collops bipunctatus Say, 1823Two-spotted Melyrid
Collops cribrosus LeConte, 1852
Collops desuetus H. F. Wickham, 1914
Collops discretus Fall, 1912
Collops dux Fall, 1912
Collops eximius
Collops extrusus H. F. Wickham, 1914
Collops hirtellus LeConte, 1876
Collops knulli Marshall, 1951
Collops nigritus
Collops pallipes Marshall, 1951
Collops parvus Schaeffer, 1912
Collops priscus H. F. Wickham, 1914
Collops quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1798Four-Spotted Collops
Collops sublimbatus
Collops tibialis Schaeffer, 1912
Collops tricolor Say, 1823
Collops versatilis Fall, 1912
Collops vittatus Say, 1823Two-lined collops
Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Cradytes longicollis Casey, 1895
Cradytes ursinus Blaisdell, 1924
Cyrtosus (Cyrtosus) flavilabris Waltl, 1835
Danacea (Danacea) nigritarsis Küster, 1850
Danacea nigritarsis alpina Pic, 1895
Danacea (Danacea) pallipes Panzer, 1793
Dasyrhadus impressicollis Fall, 1910
Dasytastes bicolor Casey, 1895
Dasytastes dispar Casey, 1895
Dasytastes otiosus Casey, 1895
Dasytastes remissus Casey, 1895
Dasytellus concinnus Casey, 1895
Dasytellus degener Casey, 1895
Dasytellus elegantulus Casey, 1895
Dasytellus exilis Casey, 1895
Dasytellus inconspicuus Casey, 1895
Dasytellus praetenuis Casey, 1895
Dasytellus subovalis
Dasytes (Anthoxenus) griseus Küster, 1849
Dasytes (Dasytes) fuscipes Brullé, 1832
Dasytes (Dasytes) loboensis Mayor, 2004
Dasytes (Dasytes) niger Linnaeus, 1761
Dasytes (Dasytes) tardus Schaufuss, 1872
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) gonocerus Mulsant & Rey, 1868
Dasytes (Hypodasytes) obscurus Gyllenhal, 1813
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) lanzarotensis Palm, 1974
Dasytes (Mesodasytes) nigroaeneus Küster, 1850
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 basalis Kuster, 1849
Dasytes brevicornis Kiesenwetter, 1863
Dasytes cinctus (Géné, 1839)⇒ Divales cinctus Géné, 1839
Dasytes constrictus Lewis, 1895
Dasytes cribrarius Brullé, 1832
Dasytes depressulus Casey, 1895
Dasytes dissimilis Casey, 1895
Dasytes expansus Casey, 1895
Dasytes fastidiosus Casey, 1895
Dasytes lateralis (Küster, 1849)⇒ Divales cinctus Géné, 1839
Dasytes lineellus Casey, 1895
Dasytes macer Casey, 1895
Dasytes minutus Casey, 1895
Dasytes nevadensis Blaisdell, 1921
Dasytes nitens Casey, 1895
Dasytes obtusus Casey, 1895
Dasytes scaber Suffrian, 1843
Dasytes tibiellus (Mulsant & Rey, 1868)⇒ Dasytes nigroaeneus Küster, 1850
Dasytes zonatus
Divales cinctus Géné, 1839
Dolichophron hartungi Wollaston, 1862
Dolichosoma foveicolle Kirby, 1837
Ebaeus (Majerus) thoracicus Fourcroy, 1785
Endeodes basalis LeConte, 1852
Endeodes collaris LeConte, 1853
Endeodes insularis Blackwelder, 1932
Eudasytes amplus Casey, 1895
Eudasytes oblongus Casey, 1895
Eudasytes ursinus Casey, 1895
Eudasytites listriformis H. F. Wickham, 1912
Eurdymis speculifer
Eutricholistra punctata Blaisdell, 1924
Eutrichopleurus miocenus Wickham, 1912
Fortunatius metallicus Wollaston, 1862
Gietella fortunata Constantin &..., 1987
Hoppingiana hudsonica LeConte, 1866
Hoppingiana nitida Hatch, 1962
Hypebaeus apicalis Say, 1825
Hypebaeus bicolor LeConte, 1852
Ifnidius petricola Plata & Evers, 1987
Leptovectura adspersa Casey, 1895
Listromimus sericatus Casey, 1895
Listrus amplicollis
Listrus annulatus
Listrus balteellus
Listrus calvicornis
Listrus clavicornis
Listrus concurrens
Listrus confusus Casey, 1895
Listrus densicollis
Listrus extricatus
Listrus famelicus
Listrus fidelis
Listrus fulvipilosus
Listrus glabratus Hatch, 1962
Listrus incertus
Listrus interstitialis
Listrus maculosus
Listrus montanus
Listrus olympianus Blaisdell, 1921
Listrus ornatulus
Listrus pardalis
Listrus quadricollis Hatch, 1962
Listrus rubripes
Listrus senilis LeConte, 1852
Listrus subaeneus
Listrus tritus
Listrus uniformis
Listrus variegatus
Malachius (Malachius) aeneus Linnaeus, 1758Scarlet Malachite Beetle
Malachius (Malachius) bipustulatus Linnaeus, 1758Malachite beetle
Malachius (Malachius) spinipennis (Germar, 1824)⇒ Malachius horni Fall, 1917
Malachius (Malachius) viridis (Fabricius, 1801)⇒ Cordylepherus viridis Fabricius, 1787
Malachius (Protomalachius) bilyi (Svihla, 1987)⇒ Malachius stolatus Mulsant & Go..., 1855
Malachius acutipennis Fall, 1901
Malachius auritus LeConte, 1852
Malachius bakeri Fall, 1910
Malachius blaisdelli Hopping, 1939
Malachius horni Fall, 1917
Malachius immurus H. F. Wickham, 1916
Malachius macer Horn, 1874
Malachius miniatus Reitter, 1888
Malachius mirandus LeConte, 1859
Malachius mixtus Horn, 1872
Malachius rotgeri
Malachius stolatus Mulsant & Go..., 1855
Malachius treventii Horn, 1874
Mecomycter facetus (Casey, 1895)⇒ Scuromanius facetus Casey, 1895
Mecomycter linearis (Fall, 1930)⇒ Mectemyctor linearis Fall, 1930
Mecomycter omalinus G. Horn, 1882
Mecomycter testaceus Majer, 1995
Mectemycor seticeus
Mectemycor strangulatus
Melyris flavipes Olivier, 1790
Melyrodes floridana Casey, 1895
Nepachys cardiacae Linnaeus, 1761
Nodopus erichsonii LeConte, 1852
Nodopus flavilabris Say, 1825
Nodopus tibialis Mayor & Wittmer, 1982
Rhadalus lecontei Casey, 1895
Sydatopsis longicornis
Tanaops abdominalis LeConte, 1859
Tanaops greeni Marshall, 1944
Tanaops ignitus Fall, 1917
Tanaops lobulatus Marshall, 1955
Tanaops neglectus
Tanaops nunenmacheri Marshall, 1946
Tanaops oregonensis Marshall, 1946
Tanaops sierra
Tanaops testaceus Marshall, 1937
Temnopsophus impressus Schwarz, 1878
Trichoceble memnonia Kiesenwetter, 1861
Trichochrous agrestis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous apicalis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous barbarae Casey, 1895
Trichochrous brevis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous castus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous ciliatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous compactus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous condonensis Hatch, 1962
Trichochrous crinifer Casey, 1895
Trichochrous curticollis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous cuspidatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous discipulus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous egenus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous exiguus
Trichochrous fallax Casey, 1895
Trichochrous femoralis
Trichochrous fimbriatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous fraternus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous fulvovestitus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous funebris Casey, 1895
Trichochrous hystrix Casey, 1895
Trichochrous inaequalis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous incipiens Casey, 1895
Trichochrous indigens Casey, 1895
Trichochrous indutus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous innocens Casey, 1895
Trichochrous insignis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous irrasus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous lobatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous lucidus
Trichochrous miocenus H. F. Wickham, 1912
Trichochrous modestus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous mucidus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous musculus Hatch, 1962
Trichochrous nevadensis Blaisdell, 1942
Trichochrous nubilatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous paisleyi Hatch, 1962
Trichochrous politus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous prominens Casey, 1895
Trichochrous propinquus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous pruinosus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous pudens Casey, 1895
Trichochrous quadricollis
Trichochrous reversus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous rusticus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous separatus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous seriellus
Trichochrous sexualis Casey, 1895
Trichochrous simulans Casey, 1895
Trichochrous sinuosus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous sobrinus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous sonomae Casey, 1895
Trichochrous sparsus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous stricticollis
Trichochrous subcalvus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous suffusus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous tectus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous testaceus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous transversus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous varius Casey, 1895
Trichochrous vilis
Trichochrous villosus Casey, 1895
Trichochrous vittiger Casey, 1895
Troglops cephalotes Olivier, 1790Soft-wing flower beetle
Vectura albicans Casey, 1895
Vectura longiceps Casey, 1895
Vectura malheuri

Subnodes of Melyridae with occurrences in USA
SubfamilyDasytinae
Laporte, 1840
Soft-wing flower beetles
36
183
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalachiinae
Leach, 1817
Soft-wing flower beetles
26
110
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMelyrinae
Leach, 1815
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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