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False Darkling Beetles
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False Darkling Beetles

Melandryidae

Melandryidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the family are found worldwide, with around 420 species in 60 genera. Larvae and adults are generally associated with rotting wood and wood-decomposing fungi.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Melandryinae

subfamilyMelandryinae

Osphyinae

subfamilyOsphyinae

Eudircaea

genusEudircaea

Paradircaea

genusParadircaea

Mystaxus

genusMystaxus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173723.