Orchesia

Orchesia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about 19 described species in Orchesia.

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Orchesia:

• Orchesia blandula <small>Brancsik, 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia canaliculata <small>(Alekseev & Bukejs, 2015)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia castanea <small>Melsheimer, 1846</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Orchesia cultriformis <small>Laliberte, 1967</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Orchesia fasciata <small>(Illiger, 1798)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia fusiformis <small>Solsky, 1871</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia gracilis <small>Melsheimer, 1846</small><span style="color:gray">^b</span>
• Orchesia grandicollis <small>Rosenhauer, 1847</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia keili <small>Roubal, 1933</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia luteipalpis <small>Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia maculata <small>Mulsant & Godart, 1856</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia micans <small>(Panzer, 1794)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia minor <small>Walker, 1837</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia ornata <small>Horn, 1888</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Orchesia ovata <small>Laliberte, 1967</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span>
• Orchesia rasnitzyni <small>Nikitsky, 2011</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia rennelli <small>Gressitt & Samuelson, 1964</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia turkini <small>Alekseev & Bukejs, 2012</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Orchesia undulata <small>Kraatz, 1853</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>

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

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