False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) - 45 Species, Identification & Facts

Conopalpus testaceus

This is a small beetle (around 9 mm in length) with two colour forms. The standard form is a fairly uniform reddish-brown colour whilst the other form has orange pronotum and legs and dark elytra. Unless identified by a recognised expert, a photo is

Enchodes sericea

Identification: tarsi not as elongate as in Synchroa , and no fine rows of tiny silvery hairs on elytra. --Doug Yanega, 16.vi.2008 one of my favorite Serropalpines... they are fun to watch at night on their rotting logs or tree limbs. They move very

Orchesia undulata

There are three British species in the genus, but the other two are both plain coloured, without a pattern. Widespread in England and Wales, less common further north. No additional images available for this species.

Osphya varians

Identification: pronotal and leg color variable; males have distinctive metatibial lobes (see hind legs, just above the tarsi)

Phloiotrya concolor

Identification: differs from Ph. fusca by antennomeres nearly as wide as long

Phloiotrya vaudoueri

Males are slightly smaller than females, which reach a length of around 10 or 12 mm. Elongate and rather parallel-sided, the species is entirely dark brown or blackish but often with the elytra a little lighter than the forebody. Legs and antennae pa

Prothalpia undata

Identification: Newfoundland and Québec to North Carolina, west to Wisconsin

Rushia brevicollis 0

Rushia brevicollis

Identification: Holotype Type Locality: Cloudcroft, Sacramento Mts., New Mexico. A single female collected by Mr. Knaus.

Scotochroa buprestoides

Identification: Pronotum punctate (granulo-punctate in S. atra ), A3 longer or equal to A4 (shorter than A4 in S. atra ), punctures of basal half of elytra coarse with raised granules (not granulate and sparser in S. basalis )

Symphora flavicollis

Symphora flavicollis (Symphora flavicollis) is a species in the family Melandryidae, commonly known as false darkling beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera (Beetles). It is classified within the subfamily Melandryinae, tribe Hypulini, suborder P