Melandryidae Explained

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.[1]

Genera

These 44 genera belong to the family Melandryidae:[2]

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The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Nikitsky, Nikolai B. and Pollock, Darren A.. "11.6. Melandryidae Leach, 1815". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2010, pp. 520-533.
  2. http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea nomen.at, Tenebrionoidea
  3. Tihelka . Erik . Huang . Diying . Cai . Chenyang . 2020-01-02 . First false darkling beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . en . 44 . 1 . 169–175 . 10.1080/03115518.2019.1664635 . 2020Alch...44..169T . 210288332 . 0311-5518.