Malachiinae is a subfamily of

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s of the family

Melyridae Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

and having a global distribution.

Description

Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.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 ''

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'' (''C. quadrimaculatus'') and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each

elytron An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes ...

.Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005.

Selected genera

* '' Ablechrus'' * '' Afrocarphurus'' * '' Anthocomus'' * '' Anthomalachius'' * '' Apalochrus'' * '' Apteromalachius'' * ''

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'' * '' Attalusinus'' * '' Attalomimus'' * '' Axinotarsus'' * '' Balanophorus'' * '' Brachemys'' * '' Brachyhedibius'' * '' Carphuroides'' * '' Carphuromorphus'' * '' Carphurus'' * '' Cephalogonia'' * '' Cephaloncus'' * '' Cerapheles'' * '' Ceratistes'' * '' Chaetocoelus'' * '' Charopus'' * '' Choresine'' * '' Clanoptilus'' * ''

'' * '' Colotes'' * '' Condylops'' * '' Cordylepherus'' * '' Cyrtosus'' * '' Dromanthomorphus'' * '' Ebaeus'' * '' Endeodes'' * '' Falsolaius'' * '' Fortunatius'' * '' Haplomalachius'' * '' Helcogaster'' * '' Hypebaeus'' * '' Ifnidius'' * ''

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'' * '' Malachiomimus'' * '' Malachius'' * '' Metachoresine'' * '' Micrinus'' * '' Microcarphurus'' * '' Microlipus'' * '' Neocarphurus'' * '' Nepachys'' * '' Nodopus'' * '' Pelochrus'' * '' Planasiella'' * '' Protapalochrus'' * '' Psiloderes'' * '' Sphinginus'' * '' Tanaops'' * '' Telocarphurus'' * '' Temnopsophus'' * '' Transvestitus'' * '' Troglops'' * '' Trophimus''

References

External links

Malachiinae at Fauna Europaea
* * * Melyridae Beetle subfamilies {{Melyridae-stub