Melba is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Melba.[1][2][3][4]
| Melba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pselaphinae |
| Supertribe: | Euplectitae |
| Tribe: | Trichonychini |
| Genus: | Melba Casey, 1897 |
Species edit
These 13 species belong to the genus Melba:
- Melba caviceps Raffray, 1909 g
- Melba clypeata (Reitter, 1883) i c g
- Melba crassipes Raffray, 1908 g
- Melba fleutiauxi Raffray, 1890 g
- Melba frontalis Raffray, 1908 g
- Melba gibbula (Reitter, 1883) i c g
- Melba maja (Brendel, 1892) i c g
- Melba parvula (LeConte, 1849) i c g b
- Melba quercae Chandler, 1985 i c g
- Melba simplex (LeConte, 1878) i c g
- Melba sulcatula Casey, 1897 i c g b
- Melba temporalis Raffray, 1909 g
- Melba thoracica (Brendel, 1889) i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Melba Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Browse Melba". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Melba". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Melba Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
Further reading edit
- Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
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