Subfamily

Melandryinae

Lederia arctica. Photo: (c) Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Melandryidae or false darkling beetles are a family of beetles in the large suborder Polyphaga.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetles and allies)
        Family: Melandryidae (False darkling beetles)
        Subfamily: Melandryinae
        Tribe: Orchesiini (1)
        Tribe: Melandryini (2)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Orchesiini

Tribe: Melandryini

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

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