Melandryidae

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.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Melandryidae:

• Abdera <small>Stephens, 1832</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Abderina <small>Seidlitz, 1898</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Amblyctis <small>Leconte, 1879</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Anisoxya <small>Mulsant, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Archaeoxylita <small>Nikitskij, 1977</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Archaeserropalpus <small>Nikitsky, 2002</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Argyrabdera <small>Sahlberg, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Cicindelopsis <small>Cockerell, 1920</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Conopalpus <small>Gyllenhal, 1810</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Cuphosis <small>Champion, 1889</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Dircaea <small>Fabricius, 1798</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Dircaeomorpha <small>Fairmaire, 1896</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Dolotarsus <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1863</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Electroabdera <small>Alekseev, 2014</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Emmesa <small>Newman, 1838</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Enchodes <small>Leconte, 1866</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Eucinetomorphus <small>Perris, 1875</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Hypulus <small>Paykull, 1798</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Lederia <small>Reitter, 1880</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Marolia <small>Mulsant, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Mecorchesia <small>Broun, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Melandrya <small>Fabricius, 1801</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Microscapha <small>LeConte, 1866</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Microtonus <small>LeConte, 1862</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Neogonus <small>Hampe, 1873</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Nipponomarolia <small>Miyatake, 1982</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia <small>Latreille, 1807</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Osphya <small>Illiger, 1807</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Phloeotrinus <small>Nikitsky, 1989</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Phloiotrya <small>Stephens, 1832</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Phryganophilus <small>C.R.Sahlberg, 1834</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Prothalpia <small>LeConte, 1862</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Pseudocuphosis <small>Nikitsky, 2002</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Pseudohallomenus <small>Nikitskii, 1977</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Rushia <small>Forel, 1893</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Scotochroa <small>Leconte, 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Scotochroides <small>Mank, 1939</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Serropalpus <small>Hellenius, 1786</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Spilotus <small>LeConte, 1862</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Symphora <small>Leconte, 1866</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Xylita <small>Paykull, 1798</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Zilora <small>Mulsant, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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

References

External links

• Nomen.at