Melandryidae

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Melandryidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Orchesia minor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Melandryidae
Leach, 1815 [1]
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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.[2]

Genera

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These genera belong to the family Melandryidae:[3][4][5][6][7]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar.[8]

References

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  2. ^ 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.
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  7. ^ http://nomen.at/Tenebrionoidea nomen.at, Tenebrionoidea
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