Subfamily Malachiinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

soft-winged flower - Collops bipunctatus - female

Anthocomus equestris? - Anthocomus equestris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Cleroidea

Family Melyridae (Soft-winged Flower Beetles)

Subfamily Malachiinae

Explanation of Names

Malachiinae Fleming 1821

Numbers

6 tribes worldwide, of which two represented in our area(1)

Print References

(2)(3)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.

2.	Studies in Malachiidae, III. Marshall, M.Y. 1951. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 27: 77-132.

3.	The Malachiidae of north central Mexico (Coleoptera) Malcolm Yeaman Marshall. 1952. American Museum of Natural History.

4.	Studies in Malachiidae, VI. Marshall, M.Y. 1955. Coleopterists Bulletin, 9(3): 35-48.

Contributed by v belov on 11 April, 2010 - 10:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 August, 2020 - 4:19am

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