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Orchesia
Orchesia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are about 19 described species in Orchesia.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Orchesia undulata
speciesOrchesia undulata
Orchesia micans
speciesOrchesia micans
Orchesia fasciata
speciesOrchesia fasciata
Orchesia castanea
speciesOrchesia castanea
Orchesia minor
speciesOrchesia minor
Orchesia ocularis
speciesOrchesia ocularis
Orchesia ornata
speciesOrchesia ornata
Knife-like False Darkling Beetle
speciesOrchesia cultriformis
Orchesia ovata
speciesOrchesia ovata
Orchesia imitans
speciesOrchesia imitans
Orchesia duplicata
speciesOrchesia duplicata
Orchesia grandicollis
speciesOrchesia grandicollis
Orchesia fusiformis
speciesOrchesia fusiformis
Orchesia blandula
speciesOrchesia blandula
Orchesia picta
speciesOrchesia picta
Orchesia luteipalpis
speciesOrchesia luteipalpis
Orchesia gracilis
speciesOrchesia gracilis
Orchesia rennelli
speciesOrchesia rennelli
Orchesia marseuli
speciesOrchesia marseuli
Orchesia alphabetica
speciesOrchesia alphabetica
Orchesia eucalypti
speciesOrchesia eucalypti
Orchesia insignis
speciesOrchesia insignis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 176491.