Carphurini is a tribe of soft-wing flower beetles (
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, ...
) in the subfamily
Malachiinae
Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae 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Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body ...
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Genera
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Afrocarphurus''
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Apteromalachius''
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Balanophorus
''Balanophorus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae.
Species: The genus was first described by William John Macleay
Sir William John Macleay (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish-Australian politician, Natura ...
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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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Chaetocoelus''
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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. Coll ...
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Falsolaius''
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Helcogaster''
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Metachoresine''
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Microcarphurus''
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Neocarphurus''
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Telocarphurus''
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Melyridae
Polyphaga tribes
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