Malachiinae

Malachiinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution.

Malachiinae
Anthocomus rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Melyridae
Subfamily:
Malachiinae

Leach, 1817
Tribes
Synonyms

Malachiidae Leach, 1817

Description

Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.

The most common North American species belongs to the genus Collops (C. quadrimaculatus) and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron.[1]

Overview of genera
  • Anthocomus
  • Anthomalachius
  • Apalochrus
  • Attalus
  • Attalomimus
  • Axinotarsus
  • Brachemys
  • Cephalogonia
  • Cephaloncus
  • Cerapheles
  • Ceratistes
  • Charopus
  • Clanoptilus
  • Colotes
  • Cordylepherus
  • Cyrtosus
  • Dromanthomorphus
  • Ebaeus
  • Fortunatius
  • Haplomalachius
  • Hypebaeus
  • Ifnidius
  • Malachiomimus
  • Malachius
  • Micrinus
  • Microlipus
  • Nepachys
  • Paratinus
  • Pelochrus
  • Planasiella
  • Protapalochrus
  • Psiloderes
  • Sphinginus
  • Transvestitus
  • Troglops
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References
  1. Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005.


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