Melichius is a genus of coccinelliod beetles that belongs to the family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles).
Taxonomy Melichius is a beetle that belongs to the family Endomychidae meaning that it is part of the superfamily Coccinelloidea. The genus was established in 1857 by Gerstaecker with Meilichius nigricollis as the type species. In 1920, Thelgetrum was made a synonym of this genus by Arrow. Soon the genus Gibbiger became a synonym of this genus due to the lack of stable diagnostic characters could distinguish it from Meilichius.
Species This genus currently contains around ten described species. A list of species can be found below: Meilichius aeneoniger Strohecker, 1944 Meilichius chebalingensis Chang & Li, 2026 Meilichius erotyloides Strohecker, 1951 Meilichius klapperichi Mader, 1941 Meilichius multimaculatus Sasaji, 1970 Meilichius nigricollis Gerstaecker, 1857 Meilichius ornatus Arrow, 1920 Meilichius speciosus Chang & Bi, 2026 Meilichius tomaszewskae Chang & Bi, 2026 Meilichius wukong Wang and Tomaszewska, 2025
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