Osphya

Osphya
Osphya varians
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melandryidae
Genus:	Osphya Illiger, 1807

Osphya is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about seven described species in Osphya. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Osphya:

• Osphya aeneipennis Kriechbaumer, 1848 ^g
• Osphya azurea Shi, 2025
• Osphya bipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) ^g
• Osphya clavata Shi, 2025
• Osphya flavomarginata Shi, 2025
• Osphya formosana Pic, 1910 ^g
• Osphya lutea ^b
• Osphya trilineata Pic, 1910 ^g
• Osphya vandalitiae (Kraatz, 1868) ^g
• Osphya varians (LeConte, 1866) ^{g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[4] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[5] g = GBIF, ^[1] b = Bugguide.net ^[2]

References

1. "Osphya". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Osphya Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Osphya Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN   978-83-935107-9-5.
• 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.
• 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 Osphya at Wikimedia Commons