Melandryidae
Introduction ''Zilora'''''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 44 genera belong to the family Melandryidae:* ''Abdera'' Stephens, 1832 g b* ''Abderina'' Seidlitz, 1898 g* ''Amblyctis'' Leconte, 1879 g b* ''Anisoxya'' Mulsant, 1856 g b* ''Archaeoxylita'' Nikitskij, 1977 g* ''Archaeserropalpus'' Nikitsky, 2002 g* ''Argyrabdera'' Sahlberg, 1913 g* ''Cicindelopsis'' Cockerell, 1920 g* ''Conopalpus'' Gyllenhal, 1810 g* ''Cuphosis'' Champion, 1889 g* ''Dicraeomorpha'' g* ''Dircaea'' Fabricius, 1798 g b* ''Dircaeomorpha'' Fairmaire, 1896 g* ''Dolotarsus'' Jacquelin du Val, 1863 g b* ''Electroabdera'' Alekseev, 2014 g* ''Emmesa'' Newman, 1838 i c g b* ''Enchodes'' Leconte, 1866 g b* ''Eucinetomorphus'' Perris, 1875 g* ''Hypulus'' Paykull, 1798 g b* ''Lederia'' Reitter, 1880 g b* ''Marolia'' Mulsant, 1856 g* ''Mecorchesia'' Broun, 1914 g* ''Melandrya'' Fabricius, 1801 g b* ''Microscapha'' LeConte, 1866 g b* ''Microtonus'' LeConte, 1862 g b* ''Neogonus'' Hampe, 1873 g* ''Nipponomarolia'' Miyatake, 1982 g* ''Orchesia'' Latreille, 1807 g b* ''Osphya'' Illiger, 1807 g b* ''Phloeotrinus'' Nikitsky, 1989 g* ''Phloiotrya'' Stephens, 1832 g b* ''Phryganophilus'' C.R.Sahlberg, 1834 g b* ''Prothalpia'' LeConte, 1862 i c g b* ''Pseudocuphosis'' Nikitsky, 2002 g* ''Pseudohallomenus'' Nikitskii, 1977 g* ''Rushia'' Forel, 1893 g b* ''Scotochroa'' Leconte, 1874 g b* ''Scotochroides'' Mank, 1939 g* ''Serropalpus'' Hellenius, 1786 g b* ''Spilotus'' LeConte, 1862 g b* ''Symphora'' Leconte, 1866 g b* ''Xylita'' Paykull, 1798 g b* ''Zilora'' Mulsant, 1856 g b* ''Zilorini'' gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.netThe oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar.
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External links *  Nomen.at