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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.
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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'' g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
(Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± 0 ...
-Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in ...
) Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
of Myanmar.
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