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Family of beetles
Zilora
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.
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Genera
These 44 genera belong to the family Melandryidae:
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Abdera Stephens, 1832 g b
Abderina Seidlitz, 1898 g
Amblyctis Leconte, 1879 g b
Anisoxya Mulsant, 1856 g b
Archaeoxylita Nikitskij, 1977 g
Archaeserropalpus Nikitsky, 2002 g
Argyrabdera Sahlberg, 1913 g
Cicindelopsis Cockerell, 1920 g
Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810 g
Cuphosis Champion, 1889 g
Dicraeomorpha g
Dircaea Fabricius, 1798 g b
Dircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 1896 g
Dolotarsus Jacquelin du Val, 1863 g b
Electroabdera Alekseev, 2014 g
Emmesa Newman, 1838 i c g b
Enchodes Leconte, 1866 g b
Eucinetomorphus Perris, 1875 g
Hypulus Paykull, 1798 g b
Lederia Reitter, 1880 g b
Marolia Mulsant, 1856 g
Mecorchesia Broun, 1914 g
Melandrya Fabricius, 1801 g b
Microscapha LeConte, 1866 g b
Microtonus LeConte, 1862 g b
Neogonus Hampe, 1873 g
Nipponomarolia Miyatake, 1982 g
Orchesia Latreille, 1807 g b
Osphya Illiger, 1807 g b
Phloeotrinus Nikitsky, 1989 g
Phloiotrya Stephens, 1832 g b
Phryganophilus C.R.Sahlberg, 1834 g b
Prothalpia LeConte, 1862 i c g b
Pseudocuphosis Nikitsky, 2002 g
Pseudohallomenus Nikitskii, 1977 g
Rushia Forel, 1893 g b
Scotochroa Leconte, 1874 g b
Scotochroides Mank, 1939 g
Serropalpus Hellenius, 1786 g b
Spilotus LeConte, 1862 g b
Symphora Leconte, 1866 g b
Xylita Paykull, 1798 g b
Zilora Mulsant, 1856 g b
Zilorini g
Data sources: i = ITIS,
[3] c = Catalogue of Life,
[4] g = GBIF,
[5] b = Bugguide.net
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The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-
Cretaceous (
Albian -
Cenomanian )
Burmese amber of Myanmar.
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References
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"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.
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"Melandryidae Report" . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-29 .
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"Browse Melandryidae" . Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2018-04-29 .
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"Melandryidae" . GBIF . Retrieved 2018-04-29 .
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"Melandryidae Family Information" . BugGuide.net . Retrieved 2018-04-29 .
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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.
doi :
10.1080/03115518.2019.1664635 .
ISSN
0311-5518 .
S2CID
210288332 .
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