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Osphya

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Osphya is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about seven described species in Osphya.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyMelandryidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
92
With media
6
Family
Melandryidae
Collections
SBMNH, TAMU
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Melandryidae
Image
Osphya.bipunctata.-.calwer.48.04.jpg
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Commons category
Osphya
taxon name
Osphya
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Osphya is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about seven described species in Osphya.

==Species== These seven species belong to the genus Osphya: Osphya aeneipennis Kriechbaumer, 1848 g Osphya azurea Shi, 2025 Osphya bipunctata (Fabricius, 1775) g Osphya clavata Shi, 2025 Osphya flavomarginata Shi, 2025 Osphya formosana Pic, 1910 g Osphya lutea b Osphya trilineata Pic, 1910 g Osphya vandalitiae (Kraatz, 1868) g Osphya varians (LeConte, 1866) g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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