Melandryidae
Melandryidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the family are found worldwide, with around 420 species in 60 genera. Larvae and adults are generally associated with rotting wood and wood-decomposing fungi.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Melandryidae:Abdera Stephens, 1832 g bAbderina Seidlitz, 1898 gAmblyctis Leconte, 1879 g bAnisoxya Mulsant, 1856 g bArchaeoxylita Nikitskij, 1977 gArchaeserropalpus Nikitsky, 2002 gArgyrabdera Sahlberg, 1913 gCicindelopsis Cockerell, 1920 gConopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810 gCuphosis Champion, 1889 gDircaea Fabricius, 1798 g bDircaeomorpha Fairmaire, 1896 gDolotarsus Jacquelin du Val, 1863 g bElectroabdera Alekseev, 2014 gEmmesa Newman, 1838 i c g bEnchodes Leconte, 1866 g bEucinetomorphus Perris, 1875 gHypulus Paykull, 1798 g bLederia Reitter, 1880 g bMarolia Mulsant, 1856 gMecorchesia Broun, 1914 gMelandrya Fabricius, 1801 g bMicroscapha LeConte, 1866 g bMicrotonus LeConte, 1862 g bNeogonus Hampe, 1873 gNipponomarolia Miyatake, 1982 gOrchesia Latreille, 1807 g bOsphya Illiger, 1807 g bPhloeotrinus Nikitsky, 1989 gPhloiotrya Stephens, 1832 g bPhryganophilus C.R.Sahlberg, 1834 g bProthalpia LeConte, 1862 i c g bPseudocuphosis Nikitsky, 2002 gPseudohallomenus Nikitskii, 1977 gRushia Forel, 1893 g bScotochroa Leconte, 1874 g bScotochroides Mank, 1939 gSerropalpus Hellenius, 1786 g bSpilotus LeConte, 1862 g bSymphora Leconte, 1866 g bXylita Paykull, 1798 g bZilora Mulsant, 1856 g bData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
The oldest fossils of the family are known from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar.