Family Melandryidae - False Darkling Beetles

Classification · Print References · Works Cited

Unusual Beetle Pattern - Dircaea liturata

orange-shouldered conk visitor - Hallomenus scapularis

False Darkling Beetle - Symphora flavicollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Melandryidae (False Darkling Beetles)

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 2, Chapter 100 (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by tom murray on 11 May, 2005 - 7:53pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 12 May, 2005 - 6:48am

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