Melasinae

Melasinae
Epiphanis cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Eucnemidae
Subfamily:	Melasinae Fleming, 1821

Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Isorhipis obliqua

Tribes and Genera

Xylophilus sp.

BioLib ^[4] includes eight tribes:

Calyptocerini Muona, 1993

1. Calyptocerus Guérin-Ménéville, 1843
2. Otho (beetle) Lacordaire, 1857

Ceballosmelasini Muona, 1993

1. Ceballosmelasis Cobos, 1965

Dirhagini

Authority: Reitter, 1911

1. Adelorhagus Horn, 1890
2. Adelothyreus Chevrolat, 1868
3. Arganus de Bonvouloir, 1871
4. Arrhipis Gemminger, 1869
5. Balistica Motschoulsky, 1861
6. Buckiella Cobos, 1964
7. Cafolus de Bonvouloir, 1875
8. Clypeorhagus Olexa, 1975
9. Dirrhagofarsus Fleutiaux, 1935 ^{g b}
10. Entomophthalmus Bonvouloir, 1871 ^{g b}
11. Farsus Jacquelin de Val, 1863
12. Freyiola Cobos, 1964
13. Fryanus Fleutiaux, 1902
14. Golbachia Cobos, 1955 ^b
15. Haywardius Cobos, 1958
16. Melocarvalhosia Cobos, 1957
17. Microrhagus Dejean, 1833 ^{g b}
18. Porraulacus Fleutiaux, 1896
19. Prodirhagus Fleutiaux, 1925
20. Protofarsus Muona, 2000
21. Quirsfeldia Cobos, 1965
22. Rhacopus Hampe, 1855
23. Rhagomicrus Fleutiaux, 1902
24. Sarfus Fleutiaux, 1925
25. Sarpedon (beetle) Bonvouloir, 1871 ^{g b}
26. Talerax Sharp, 1877
27. Weyrauchiella Cobos, 1972

Epiphanini

Authority: Muona, 1993

1. Epiphanis Eschscholtz, 1829 ^{i c g b}
2. Hylis Des Gozis, 1886 ^{g b}

Hylocharini Jacquelin du Val, 1859

1. Hylochares Latreille, 1834 ^{g b}

Melasini

Authority: Leach, 1817

1. Compsocnemis de Bonvouloir, 1875
2. Isorhipis Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 ^{g b}
3. Melasis Olivier, 1790 ^{g b}

Neocharini Muona, 1993

1. Neocharis Sharp, 1877

Xylobiini Reitter, 1911

1. Agalba Broun, 1893
2. Basilewskydia Cobos, 1959
3. Bioxylus Fleutiaux, 1923
4. Cedraderus Leschen & Gimmel, 2023
5. Paraxylophilus Cobos, 1965
6. Proxylobius Fleutiaux, 1900
7. Saproxylobius Leiler, 1990
8. Xylophilus Mannerheim, 1823 ^{i c g b}
9. Xylotho Lucht, 1990

Other data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[5] g = GBIF, ^[6] b = Bugguide.net ^[2]

References

1. "Melasinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Melasinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Melasinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. BioLib.cz: subfamily Melasinae Leach, 1817 (retrieved 4 January 2025)
5. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
6. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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.
• 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. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• 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 .
• Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. (1996). "A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Entomological Information Services: 41–820. ISBN   9781889002019.
• 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 Melasinae at Wikimedia Commons