Rushia

Rushia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Melandryidae
Genus:
Forel, 1893

Rushia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are at least three described species.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Rushia:

  • Rushia californica (Fall, 1907)
  • Rushia longula LeConte, 1862 (note, not in Lobl & Smetana, 2013 despite listing as type species)
  • Rushia parreyssii (Mulsant, 1856)

References

  1. ^ "Rushia Forel, 1893". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-07-14.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.