Abstract

A rewiew of the family Melasidae Leach, 1817, based on new records and literature data, is made. There are known eighteen species of the family Melasidae: Clypeorhagus clypeatus (Hampe, 1850); Dirrhagofarsus attenuatus (Mäklin, 1845); Dromaeolus barnabita (A. et G. B. Villa, 1838); Eucnemis capucina Ahrens, 1812; Farsus dubius (Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783); Hylis cariniceps (Reitter, 1902); H. foveicollis (C. G. Thomson, 1874); H. olexai (Palm, 1955); H. procerulus (Mannerheim, 1823); H. simonae (Olexa, 1970); Isorhipis marmottani (Bonvouloir, 1871); I. melasoides (Laporte, 1835); Melasis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1761); Microrhagus emyi (Rouget, 1855); M. lepidus Rosenhauer, 1847; M.
pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792); Xylophilus corticalis (Paykull, 1800) and X. testaceus (Herbst, 1806) from the territory of the Czech Republic.

There are known twenty one species of the family Melasidae: Clypeorhagus clypeatus (Hampe, 1850); Dirrhagofarsus attenuatus (Mäklin, 1845); Dromaeolus barnabita (A. et G. B. Villa, 1838); Eucnemis capucina Ahrens, 1812; Hylis cariniceps (Reitter, 1902); H. foveicollis (C. G. Thomson, 1874); H. olexai (Palm, 1955); ?H. procerulus (Mannerheim, 1823); H.
simonae (Olexa, 1970); Isorhipis marmottani (Bonvouloir, 1871); I. melasoides (Laporte, 1835); I. nigriceps (Mannerheim, 1823); Melasis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1761); Microrhagus emyi (Rouget, 1855); M. lepidus Rosenhauer, 1847; M. pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792); Nematodes filum (Fabricius, 1801); Rhacopus sahlbergi (Mannerheim, 1823); Thambus frivaldszkyi Bonvouloir, 1871; Xylophilus corticalis (Paykull, 1800) and X. testaceus (Herbst, 1806) from the territory of the Slovak Republic.

Keywords

Coleoptera, Elateroidea, Melasidae, distribution, key, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

Fulltext

Druhy čeledi Melasidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) České a Slovenské republiky