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Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family
Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family Elateridae, specimens of Eucnemidae can reach a length of . Bodies are slightl ...
. There are about 15 genera and at least 30 described species in Melasinae.


Genera

These 15 genera belong to the subfamily Melasinae: * '' Adelothyreus'' Horn, 1890 g b * '' Arrhipis'' Bonvouloir, 1871 g b * ''
Dirrhagofarsus ''Dirrhagofarsus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family ...
'' Fleutiaux, 1935 g b * '' Entomophthalmus'' Bonvouloir, 1871 g b * ''
Epiphanis ''Epiphanis'' is a genus of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae. There are at least two described species in ''Epiphanis''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Epiphanis'': * '' Epiphanis cornutus'' Eschscholtz, 1829 * '' Ep ...
'' Eschscholtz, 1829 i c g b * '' Golbachia'' Cobos, 1955 b * ''
Hylis ''Hylis'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family Elater ...
'' Des Gozis, 1886 g b * ''
Hylochares ''Hylochares'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family E ...
'' Latreille, 1834 g b * ''
Isorhipis ''Isorhipis'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family Ela ...
'' Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 g b * ''
Melasis ''Melasis'' is a genus of soldier beetles native to North America and parts of Europe. It contains fourteen species, four of which can be found in the Nearctic realm. Description The species in the genus are approximately 4.0-13.0 mm long. T ...
'' Olivier, 1790 g b * ''
Microrhagus ''Microrhagus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles including about 1700 species distributed worldwide. Description Closely related to the family E ...
'' Dejean, 1833 g b * '' Protofarsus'' Muona, 2000 b * '' Rhagomicrus'' Fleutiaux, 1902 g b * ''
Sarpedon Sarpedon (; grc, Σαρπηδών) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology * Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War. Although in the ''Iliad'', he was the son of Zeus and Laodamia, the daughter of Bell ...
'' Bonvouloir, 1871 g b * '' Xylophilus'' Mannerheim, 1823 i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


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External links

* Eucnemidae Beetle subfamilies {{elateroidea-stub