Melasinae Explained

Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae. There are about 15 genera and at least 30 described species in Melasinae.

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the subfamily Melasinae:

• Adelothyreus Horn, 1890

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• Arrhipis Bonvouloir, 1871

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• Dirrhagofarsus Fleutiaux, 1935

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• Entomophthalmus Bonvouloir, 1871

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• Epiphanis Eschscholtz, 1829

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• Golbachia Cobos, 1955

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• Hylis Des Gozis, 1886

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• Hylochares Latreille, 1834

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• Isorhipis Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835

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• Melasis Olivier, 1790

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• Microrhagus Dejean, 1833

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• Protofarsus Muona, 2000

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• Rhagomicrus Fleutiaux, 1902

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• Sarpedon Bonvouloir, 1871

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• Xylophilus Mannerheim, 1823

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Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: 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.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Book: Crotch . G.R.. 1873. Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico. Naturalists' Agency. 10.5962/bhl.title.38811. free. 0665070772.
• Book: Evans . Arthur V.. Hogue . James N.. 2006. Field Guide to Beetles of California. University of California Press. 978-0520246577.
• Klimaszewski . Jan. Watt . J.Charles. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand. 37.
• Book: Lawrence . J.F.. Newton Jr. . A.F.. Pakaluk . James. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. 2. 779–1006. 83-85192-34-4.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Leng . Charles W.. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. 10.5962/bhl.title.8777. free.
• Poole . Robert W.. Gentili . Patricia. 1996. A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Entomological Information Services. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 41–820. 9781889002019.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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