Meilichius

Meilichius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Endomychidae
Genus: Meilichius
Gerstaecker, 1857
Type species
Meilichius nigricollis
Gerstaecker, 1857
Synonyms

Gibbiger
Milichius (lapsus)
Thelgetrum

Melichius is a genus of coccinelliod beetles that belongs to the family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles).

Taxonomy

Melichius is a beetle that belongs to the family Endomychidae meaning that it is part of the superfamily Coccinelloidea. The genus was established in 1857 by Gerstaecker with Meilichius nigricollis as the type species. In 1920, Thelgetrum was made a synonym of this genus by Arrow. Soon the genus Gibbiger became a synonym of this genus due to the lack of stable diagnostic characters could distinguish it from Meilichius.

Species

This genus currently contains around ten described species. A list of species can be found below:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chang, Ling-Xiao; Li, Pan-Pan; Bai, Ming; Bi, Wen-Xuan (2026-04-08). "On the little-known genus Meilichius with descriptions of three new species from China (Coleoptera, Endomychidae)". ZooKeys (1276): 307–350. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1276.181983. ISSN 1313-2970.
  2. ↑ Strohecker, H. F. (January 1944). "Several New Species of Endomychids (Coleoptera) From Asia, Africa and Australia". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 51 (3–4): 139–146. doi:10.1155/1944/43609. ISSN 0033-2615.
  3. ↑ Wang, Cheng Bin; Tomaszewska, Wioletta (2025-11-19). "A new species of the genus Meilichius Gerstaecker (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Cyclotominae) from Guangxi, China". Zootaxa. 5722 (2): 287–295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5722.2.8. ISSN 1175-5334.