Malachiini

Malachiini
Anthocomus equestris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melyridae
Subfamily:	Malachiinae
Tribe:	Malachiini Fleming, 1821
Synonyms
Polycystophoridae Gistel, 1856 Apalochrini Mulsant & Rey, 1867 Colotini Abeille de Perrin, 1890 Attalini Abeille de Perrin, 1891 Ebaeini Portevin, 1931 Paratini Portevin, 1931

Malachiini is a large tribe of soft-winged flower beetles in the family Melyridae. ^[1]

Malachius aeneus

Selected genera

• Ablechroides Wittmer, 1976
• Ablechrus Waterhouse, 1877
• Anthocomus Erichson, 1840
• Antholinus Mulsant & Rey, 1867
• Attalogonia Wittmer, 1976
• Attalus Erichson, 1840
• Attalusinus Leng, 1918
• Axinotarsus Motschulsky, 1854
• Cerapheles Mulsant, 1867
• Ceratistes Fischer von Waldheim, 1844
• Charopus Erichson, 1840
• Collops Erichson, 1840
• Condylattalus Wittmer, 1976
• Condylops Redtenbacher, 1849
• Dicranolaius Champion, 1921
• Ebaeus Erichson, 1840
• Endeodes LeConte, 1859
• Fortunatius Evers, 1971
• Hypebaeus Kiesenwetter, 1863
• Ifnidius Escalera, 1940
• Laius Guérin-Méneville, 1830
• Macrotrichopherus Evers, 1962
• Malachiomimus Champion, 1921
• Malachius Fabricius, 1775
• Microlipus Leconte, 1852
• Nepachys Thomson, 1859
• Nodopus Marshall, 1951
• Opsablechrus Wittmer, 1976
• Sphinginus Mulsant & Rey, 1867
• Sternodeattalus Wittmer, 1970
• Tanaops Leconte, 1859
• Temnopsophus Horn, 1872
• Troglops Erichson, 1840
• Trophimus Horn, 1870
• Tucumanius Pic, 1903

References

1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Crotch, G.R. (1873). Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38811 . ISBN   0665070772.
• Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520246577.
• Klimaszewski, Jan; Watt, J.Charles (1997). "Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification". Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Lawrence, J.F.; Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Vol. 2. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN   83-85192-34-4.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Leng, Charles W. (1920). Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.8777 .
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Malachiini at Wikimedia Commons