Melandryidae

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Melandryidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Orchesia minor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Melandryidae
Leach, 1815  [1]
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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. [2]

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Genera

These 44 genera belong to the family Melandryidae: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]

The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar. [8]

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<i>Mycetophagus</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Orchesia</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Osphya</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Zilora</i> Genus of beetles

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<i>Dircaea</i> Genus of beetles

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References

  1. "Melandryidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 "Melandryidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. 1 2 "Browse Melandryidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. 1 2 "Melandryidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  6. 1 2 "Melandryidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  7. http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea nomen.at, Tenebrionoidea
  8. 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.