Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Melandryidae (False darkling beetles)
Melandrya caraboides (Linnaeus, 1760)
Schwarzblauer Düsterkäfer
Synonyms and other combinations:
Chrysomela caraboides Linnaeus, 1761 | Helops serrata Fabricius, 1775 | Melandrya coerulescens Petri, 1912 | Melandrya luridipes Pic, 1907 | Tenebrio rufibarbis Schaller, 1783 | Melandrya tibialis Viturat, 1895 |
Classification:
Melandrya caraboides belongs to the subfamily Melandryinae.References, further reading, links:
- BioLib Biological Library
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
- Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & KG, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-440-07682-2.
- UK Beetles
- Beling, Theodor. (1882). Die Puppe von Melandrya caraboides L., Wiener entomologische Zeitung 1, 257–258. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11165.