Orchesia

Orchesia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about 19 described species in Orchesia.[1][2][3]

Orchesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melandryidae
Tribe: Orchesiini
Genus: Orchesia
Latreille, 1807

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Orchesia:

  • Orchesia blandula Brancsik, 1874 g
  • Orchesia canaliculata (Alekseev & Bukejs, 2015) g
  • Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846 g b
  • Orchesia cultriformis Laliberte, 1967 g b
  • Orchesia fasciata (Illiger, 1798) g
  • Orchesia fusiformis Solsky, 1871 g
  • Orchesia gracilis Melsheimer, 1846 b
  • Orchesia grandicollis Rosenhauer, 1847 g
  • Orchesia keili Roubal, 1933 g
  • Orchesia luteipalpis Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1857 g
  • Orchesia maculata Mulsant & Godart, 1856 g
  • Orchesia micans (Panzer, 1794) g
  • Orchesia minor Walker, 1837 g
  • Orchesia ornata Horn, 1888 g b
  • Orchesia ovata Laliberte, 1967 g b
  • Orchesia rasnitzyni Nikitsky, 2011 g
  • Orchesia rennelli Gressitt & Samuelson, 1964 g
  • Orchesia turkini Alekseev & Bukejs, 2012 g
  • Orchesia undulata Kraatz, 1853 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]

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References

  1. "Orchesia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Orchesia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "Orchesia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

  • Media related to Orchesia at Wikimedia Commons


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