Meligethes

Meligethes
	Unidentified Meligethes adult inside a female courgette flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Nitidulidae
Subfamily:	Meligethinae
Genus:	Meligethes; Stephens, 1830

Meligethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are more than 80 described species in Meligethes.

Species

These species belong to the genus Meligethes:

Meligethes amei^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes atramentarius Förster, 1849
Meligethes atratus (Olivier, 1790)
Meligethes aurantirugosus^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes aurifer Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
Meligethes auripilis^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes auropilosus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
Meligethes aurorugosus^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes bidens Brisout de Barneville, 1863
Meligethes bidentatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
Meligethes binotatus Grouvelle, 1894
Meligethes brunnicornis Sturm, 1845
Meligethes buyssoni Brisout de Barneville, 1882
Meligethes cardaminicola Audisio & Cline, 2015
Meligethes chinensis^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes cinereoargenteus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
Meligethes coeruleivirens Förster, 1849
Meligethes corvinus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes cyaneus Easton
Meligethes denticulatus (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes distinctus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes egenus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
Meligethes exilis Sturm, 1845
Meligethes ferrugineus^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes ferruginoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
Meligethes flavicollis Reitter, 1873
Meligethes flavimanus Stephens, 1830
Meligethes gagathinus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes haemorrhoidalis Förster, 1849
Meligethes hoffmanni Reitter, 1871
Meligethes incanus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes isoplexidis Wollaston, 1854
Meligethes kunzei Erichson, 1845
Meligethes lloydi Easton, 1968
Meligethes lugubris Sturm, 1845
Meligethes luteomaculatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
Meligethes macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
Meligethes maurus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes melanocephalus^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes nanus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes nepalensis^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes norvegicus Easton, 1959
Meligethes ochropus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes ovatus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes pallidoelytrorum Chen & Kirejtshuk, 2013
Meligethes pectinatus Schilsky, 1894
Meligethes pectoralis Rebmann, 1956
Meligethes pedicularius (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Meligethes persicus Faldermann, 1835
Meligethes planiusculus (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes politus Motschulsky, 1863
Meligethes praetermissus Easton
Meligethes pseudopectoralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
Meligethes sadanarii Hisamatsu, 2010
Meligethes scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015
Meligethes semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979
Meligethes serripes (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Meligethes shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1964
Meligethes shirozui Hisamatsu, 1965
Meligethes shrozuii Hisamatsu, 1965
Meligethes solidus (Kugelann, 1794)
Meligethes subrugosus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Meligethes substrigosus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes sulcatus Brisout de Barneville, 1863
Meligethes symphyti (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes torquatus Jelinek, 1997
Meligethes transmissus Kirejtshuk, 1988
Meligethes trapezithorax Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
Meligethes tricuspidatus Liu, Huang, Cline & Audisio, 2018
Meligethes tristis Sturm, 1845
Meligethes umbrosus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes varicollis Wollaston, 1854
Meligethes violaceus Reitter, 1873
Meligethes vulpes^{[verification needed]}
Meligethes wagneri Rebmann, 1956
Meligethes zakharenkoi Kirejtshuk, 2005

In addition, there is a fossil species, Meligethes detractus, described by Förster in 1891 from Sannoisian (lower Rupelian, 34-30 mya) remains found at Kleinkems.

References

↑ "Meligethes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
↑ "Meligethes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
↑ "Meligethes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Meligethes

Unidentified Meligethes adult inside a female courgette flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Nitidulidae
Subfamily:	Meligethinae
Genus:	Meligethes Stephens, 1830

Meligethes

Species

References

Further reading