Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family
Eucnemidae
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus '' Eucnemis''; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
Description
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Tribes and Genera
''BioLib''BioLib.cz: subfamily Melasinae Leach, 1817
(retrieved 4 January 2025) includes eight tribes:
;Calyptocerini
# '' Calyptocerus''
# '' Otho (beetle)''
;Ceballosmelasini
# '' Ceballosmelasis''
Dirhagini
Authority: Reitter, 1911
# '' Adelorhagus''
# '' Adelothyreus''
# '' Arganus''
# '' Arrhipis''
# '' Balistica''
# ''Buckiella
''Buckiella'' is a genus of South American click beetle allies in the subfamily Melasinae and tribe
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# '' Cafolus''
# ''Clypeorhagus
''Clypeorhagus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus '' Eucnemis''; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
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# ''Dirrhagofarsus
''Dirrhagofarsus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus '' Eucnemis''; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
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'' Fleutiaux, 1935 g b
# '' Entomophthalmus'' Bonvouloir, 1871 g b
# '' Farsus''
# '' Freyiola''
# '' Fryanus''
# '' Golbachia'' Cobos, 1955 b
# '' Haywardius''
# '' Melocarvalhosia''
# '' Microrhagus'' Dejean, 1833 g b
# '' Porraulacus''
# '' Prodirhagus''
# '' Protofarsus''
# '' Quirsfeldia''
# '' Rhacopus''
# '' Rhagomicrus''
# ''Sarfus
''Sarfus'' is a genus of Elateroidea, click beetle allies in the subfamily Melasinae and Tribe (biology), tribe Dirhagini, erected by species:Edmond Jean-Baptiste Fleutiaux, Edmond Fleutiaux in 1925.Fleutiaux (1925) ''Rev. Zool. afric.'', 13.
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# '' Sarpedon (beetle)'' Bonvouloir, 1871 g b
# '' Talerax''
# '' Weyrauchiella''
Epiphanini
Authority: Muona, 1993
# '' Epiphanis'' Eschscholtz, 1829 i c g b
# '' Hylis'' Des Gozis, 1886 g b
;Hylocharini
# ''Hylochares
''Hylochares'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus '' Eucnemis''; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
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'' Latreille, 1834 g b
Melasini
Authority: Leach, 1817
# '' Compsocnemis''
# '' Isorhipis'' Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 g b
# ''Melasis
''Melasis'' is the type genus of Eucnemidae, false click beetles of subfamily Melasinae and tribe Melasini. It contains fourteen species, native to North America and parts of Europe, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm.
Description ...
'' Olivier, 1790 g b
;Neocharini
# '' Neocharis''
;Xylobiini
# '' Agalba''
# '' Basilewskydia''
# '' Bioxylus''
# '' Cedraderus''
# '' Paraxylophilus''
# '' Proxylobius''
# '' Saproxylobius''
# '' Xylophilus'' Mannerheim, 1823 i c g b
# '' Xylotho''
Other data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Eucnemidae
Beetle subfamilies