Malachiinae is a subfamily of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s of the family
Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...
and having a global distribution.
Description
Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.
The most common North American species belongs to the genus ''
Collops
A collop is a slice of meat, according to one definition in the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. In Elizabethan times, "collops" came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, was traditionally the last ...
'' (''C. quadrimaculatus'') and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each
elytron
An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alterna ...
.
[Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005.]
Selected genera
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Ablechrus
''Ablechrus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 m ...
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Afrocarphurus''
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Anthocomus''
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Anthomalachius''
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Apalochrus''
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Apteromalachius''
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Attalus''
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Attalusinus''
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Attalomimus''
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Axinotarsus''
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Balanophorus''
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Brachemys
''Brachemys'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 ...
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Brachyhedibius''
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Carphuroides''
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Carphuromorphus''
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Carphurus
''Carphurus'' is a genus of soft-wing flower beetles (beetles of the family Melyridae
Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Description
Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied b ...
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Cephalogonia''
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Cephaloncus''
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Cerapheles''
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Ceratistes''
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Chaetocoelus''
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Charopus''
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Choresine
''Choresine'' is a genus of beetles that belong to the Melyridae family. This genus of beetle is known to have high levels of batrachotoxins and is believed to be a possible toxin source for Pitohui and Blue-capped ifrit birds in New Guinea. Co ...
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Clanoptilus''
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Collops
A collop is a slice of meat, according to one definition in the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. In Elizabethan times, "collops" came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, was traditionally the last ...
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* ''
Colotes Colotes of Lampsacus ( el, Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός, ''Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos''; c. 320 – after 268 BC) was a pupil of Epicurus, and one of the most famous of his disciples. He wrote a work to prove "That it is impossible even to live a ...
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Condylops''
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Cordylepherus''
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Cyrtosus''
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Dromanthomorphus''
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Ebaeus''
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Endeodes''
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Falsolaius''
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Fortunatius''
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Haplomalachius''
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Helcogaster''
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Hypebaeus''
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Ifnidius''
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Laius''
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Malachiomimus''
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Malachius''
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Metachoresine''
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Micrinus''
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Microcarphurus''
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Microlipus''
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Neocarphurus''
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Nepachys''
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Nodopus''
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Pelochrus''
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Planasiella''
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Protapalochrus''
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Psiloderes''
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Sphinginus''
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Tanaops''
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Telocarphurus''
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Temnopsophus''
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Transvestitus''
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Troglops''
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Trophimus
Trophimus ( el, Τρόφιμος, ''Tróphimos'') or Trophimus the Ephesian ( el, Τρόφιμος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, ''Tróphimos ho Ephésios'') was a Christian who accompanied Paul of Tarsus, Paul during a part of his third missionary jou ...
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References
External links
Malachiinae at Fauna Europaea*
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Melyridae
Beetle subfamilies
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