Melba (beetle)

Melba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subfamily:	Pselaphinae
Supertribe:	Euplectitae
Tribe:	Trichonychini
Genus:	Melba Casey, 1897

Melba is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Melba. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Melba:

• Melba caviceps Raffray, 1909 ^g
• Melba clypeata (Reitter, 1883) ^{i c g}
• Melba crassipes Raffray, 1908 ^g
• Melba fleutiauxi Raffray, 1890 ^g
• Melba frontalis Raffray, 1908 ^g
• Melba gibbula (Reitter, 1883) ^{i c g}
• Melba maja (Brendel, 1892) ^{i c g}
• Melba parvula (LeConte, 1849) ^{i c g b}
• Melba quercae Chandler, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Melba simplex (LeConte, 1878) ^{i c g}
• Melba sulcatula Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}
• Melba temporalis Raffray, 1909 ^g
• Melba thoracica (Brendel, 1889) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Melba Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
2. "Browse Melba". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
3. "Melba". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
4. "Melba Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Further reading

• Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.