Malachiini

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Malachiini
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Anthocomus equestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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Malachius aeneus

Selected genera

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Coccinellinae Subfamily of beetles

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<i>Diomus</i> Genus of beetles

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Elminae Subfamily of beetles

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Triboliini Tribe of beetles

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Nitidulinae Subfamily of beetles

Nitidulinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 17 genera and at least 70 described species in Nitidulinae.

Anthophagini Tribe of beetles

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Dendrometrinae Subfamily of beetles

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Oxynopterini Subfamily of beetles

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Ampedini Tribe of beetles

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Diaperini Tribe of beetles

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Omaliini Tribe of beetles

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Nitidulini Tribe of beetles

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Prosternini Tribe of beetles

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Cnodalonini Tribe of beetles

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Harpalitae Supertribe of ground beetles

Harpalitae is a supertribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 90 genera and 460 described species in Harpalitae.

Hylesinini Tribe of beetles

Hylesinini is a tribe of crenulate bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Hylesinini.

Oxytelini Tribe of beetles

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Synchitini Tribe of beetles

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Hedobiini is a tribe of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least two genera and three described species in Hedobiini.

References

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

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