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Meligethes
Meligethes atratus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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 80 species belong to the genus Meligethes:

• Meligethes amei
• Meligethes atramentarius Förster, 1849
• Meligethes atratus (Olivier, 1790)
• Meligethes aurantirugosus
• Meligethes aurifer Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes auripilis
• Meligethes auropilosus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelinek & Audisio, 2016
• Meligethes aurorugosus
• 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
• Meligethes cinereoargenteus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes coeruleivirens Förster, 1849
• Meligethes corvinus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes cyaneus Easton
• Meligethes denticulatus (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes detractus Förster, 1891
• Meligethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
• Meligethes distinctus Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes egenus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelinek, 2015
• Meligethes exilis Sturm, 1845
• Meligethes ferrugineus
• 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
• Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes nanus Erichson, 1845
• Meligethes nepalensis
• 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
• Meligethes wagneri Rebmann, 1956
• Meligethes zakharenkoi Kirejtshuk, 2005

References

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

Further reading

• Easton, Alan M. (1955). "A revision of the Nearctic species of the beetle genus Meligethes (Nitidulidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 104 (3339): 87–103. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.104-3339.87.
• Audisio, P.; Cline, A.R.; de Biase, A.; Antonini, G.; et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 49 (2): 341–504. ISSN 0374-1036.
• Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links

• Media related to Meligethes at Wikimedia Commons

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