MELANDRYIDAE Leach, 1815
(false darkling beetles)

MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Abdera
a genus of false darkling beetles
Genus 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Anisoxya fuscula
a false darkling beetle
Species 4 trophisms
Hypulus quercinus
a false darkling beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Melandrya barbata
Bearded False Darkling Beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Melandrya caraboides
a false darkling beetle
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Osphya bipunctata
a false darkling beetle
Species 1 references
Phloiotrya vaudoueri
a false darkling beetle
Species 4 trophisms
Wanachia triguttata
a false darkling beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Zilora ferruginea
a false darkling beetle
Species 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Buck, F.D. 1954 Coleoptera: Lagriidae, Alleculidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae etc Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V. Part 9, 30pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MELANDRYIDAE (false darkling beetles):

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