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Orchesia
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Orchesia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about 19 described species in Orchesia.
==Species== These 19 species belong to the genus Orchesia: Orchesia blandula Brancsik, 1874 g Orchesia canaliculata (Alekseev & Bukejs, 2015) g Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846 g b Orchesia cultriformis Laliberte, 1967 g b Orchesia fasciata (Illiger, 1798) g Orchesia fusiformis Solsky, 1871 g Orchesia gracilis Melsheimer, 1846 b Orchesia grandicollis Rosenhauer, 1847 g Orchesia keili Roubal, 1933 g Orchesia luteipalpis Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1857 g Orchesia maculata Mulsant & Godart, 1856 g Orchesia micans (Panzer, 1794) g Orchesia minor Walker, 1837 g Orchesia ornata Horn, 1888 g b Orchesia ovata Laliberte, 1967 g b Orchesia rasnitzyni Nikitsky, 2011 g Orchesia rennelli Gressitt & Samuelson, 1964 g Orchesia turkini Alekseev & Bukejs, 2012 g Orchesia undulata Kraatz, 1853 g
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