Family of beetles
| Melandryidae | |
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| Orchesia minor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Melandryidae Leach, 1815 |
Melandryidae is: a family of beetles in the: superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the——family are found worldwide, "with around 420 species in 60 genera." Larvae and "adults are generally associated with rotting wood." And wood-decomposing fungi.
Genera※
These 44 genera belong——to the family Melandryidae:
- Abdera Stephens, 1832
- Abderina Seidlitz, 1898
- Amblyctis Leconte, 1879
- Anisoxya Mulsant, 1856
- Archaeoxylita Nikitskij, 1977
- Archaeserropalpus Nikitsky, 2002
- Argyrabdera Sahlberg, 1913
- Cicindelopsis Cockerell, 1920
- Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810
- Cuphosis Champion, 1889
- Dicraeomorpha
- Dircaea Fabricius, 1798
- Dircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 1896
- Dolotarsus Jacquelin du Val, 1863
- Electroabdera Alekseev, 2014
- Emmesa Newman, 1838
- Enchodes Leconte, 1866
- Eucinetomorphus Perris, 1875
- Hypulus Paykull, 1798
- Lederia Reitter, 1880
- Marolia Mulsant, 1856
- Mecorchesia Broun, 1914
- Melandrya Fabricius, 1801
- Microscapha LeConte, 1866
- Microtonus LeConte, 1862
- Neogonus Hampe, 1873
- Nipponomarolia Miyatake, 1982
- Orchesia Latreille, 1807
- Osphya Illiger, 1807
- Phloeotrinus Nikitsky, 1989
- Phloiotrya Stephens, 1832
- Phryganophilus C.R.Sahlberg, 1834
- Prothalpia LeConte, 1862
- Pseudocuphosis Nikitsky, 2002
- Pseudohallomenus Nikitskii, 1977
- Rushia Forel, 1893
- Scotochroa Leconte, 1874
- Scotochroides Mank, 1939
- Serropalpus Hellenius, 1786
- Spilotus LeConte, 1862
- Symphora Leconte, 1866
- Xylita Paykull, 1798
- Zilora Mulsant, 1856
- Zilorini
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar.
References※
- ^ "Melandryidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Nikitsky, "Nikolai B." and Pollock, Darren A.. "11.6. Melandryidae Leach, 1815". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by, Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2010, pp. 520-533.
- ^ "Melandryidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Browse Melandryidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Melandryidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Melandryidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea nomen.at, Tenebrionoidea
- ^ Tihelka, Erik; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang (2020-01-02). "First false darkling beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Melandryidae)". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (1): 169–175. Bibcode:2020Alch...44..169T. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1664635. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 210288332.