MELYRIDAE Leach, 1815
(malachite beetles)

MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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MALACHIINAE
a subfamily of beetles
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 2 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMELYRIDAE (malachite beetles)
SuperfamilyCLEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1979 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of MELYRIDAE (malachite beetles)
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