Melba (beetle)
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melba Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=690866. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browse Melba". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/44f94ba4a1612786ab9b4238792b94f4. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melba". https://www.gbif.org/species/1040247. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ↑ 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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