Chalchas is a genus of South American beetles in the family Melyridae,[2][3] very commonly misspelled as Chalcas (e.g.[4]).

Chalchas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Melyrinae
Tribe: Astylini
Genus: Chalchas
Blanchard, 1845
Synonyms
  • Chalcas Buquet, 1838 (Unav.)
  • Chalcas Blanchard, 1845 (Missp.)
  • Chalcas Fairmaire, 1847 (Emend.)
  • Calchas Klug, 1850 (Missp.)
  • Chalcas (Chalcomorphus) Pic, 1919
  • Chalcas (Dimorphochalcas) Pic, 1919
  • Chalcas (Morphochalcas) Pic, 1919
  • Chalcas (Pseudoastylus) Pic, 1919[1]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mayor, A.J. (2010) World Catalogue of the Extant and Fossil Taxa of the Melyrid Lineage. 896 pp. (privately printed)
  2. ^ GBIF: Chalchas Blanchard, 1845
  3. ^ Biolib: Genus Chalchas Blanchard, 1845
  4. ^ iNaturalist: Chalcas