Malachiinae
| Malachiinae | |
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| Anthocomus rufus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Melyridae |
| Subfamily: | Malachiinae Leach, 1817 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Malachiidae Leach, 1817 | |
Malachiinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae.
Description and distribution
Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.
The most common North American species belongs to the genus Collops (C. quadrimaculatus) and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron.[1]
Overview of genera
- Anthocomus
- Anthomalachius
- Apalochrus
- Attalus
- Attalomimus
- Axinotarsus
- Brachemys
- Cephalogonia
- Cephaloncus
- Cerapheles
- Ceratistes
- Charopus
- Clanoptilus
- Colotes
- Cordylepherus
- Cyrtosus
- Dromanthomorphus
- Ebaeus
- Fortunatius
- Haplomalachius
- Hypebaeus
- Ifnidius
- Malachiomimus
- Malachius
- Micrinus
- Microlipus
- Nepachys
- Paratinus
- Pelochrus
- Planasiella
- Protapalochrus
- Psiloderes
- Sphinginus
- Transvestitus
- Troglops
References
- ↑ Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005.
External links
- Malachiinae at Fauna Europaea
- Malachiinae at the Encyclopedia of Life
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