Melba (Beetle)

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Melba
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Pselaphinae
Supertribe: Euplectitae
Tribe: Trichonychini
Genus: Melba
Casey, 1897

Melba is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Melba.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Melba:

  • Melba caviceps Raffray, 1909 g
  • Melba clypeata (Reitter, 1883) i c g
  • Melba crassipes Raffray, 1908 g
  • Melba fleutiauxi Raffray, 1890 g
  • Melba frontalis Raffray, 1908 g
  • Melba gibbula (Reitter, 1883) i c g
  • Melba maja (Brendel, 1892) i c g
  • Melba parvula (LeConte, 1849) i c g b
  • Melba quercae Chandler, 1985 i c g
  • Melba simplex (LeConte, 1878) i c g
  • Melba sulcatula Casey, 1897 i c g b
  • Melba temporalis Raffray, 1909 g
  • Melba thoracica (Brendel, 1889) i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melba Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=690866. Retrieved 2018-05-01. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browse Melba". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/44f94ba4a1612786ab9b4238792b94f4. Retrieved 2018-05-01. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melba". https://www.gbif.org/species/1040247. Retrieved 2018-05-01. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Melba Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/98591. Retrieved 2018-05-01. 

Further reading

  • Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMID 22792029. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14887426 entry




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