Chalchas

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
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

• Chalchas bremei Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas cyaneus Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas fairmairei Bourgeois, 1900
• Chalchas fumatus Fairmaire, 1849
• Chalchas humeralis Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas lajoyei Pic, 1919
• Chalchas lateralis Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas lineatocollis Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas lugubris Fairmaire, 1849
• Chalchas obesus Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas plicatus Pic, 1919
• Chalchas sallei Fairmaire, 1878
• Chalchas sexplagiatus Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas suturalis Pic, 1921
• Chalchas trabeatus Fairmaire, 1847
• Chalchas turgidus Erichson, 1848
• Chalchas unicolor Fairmaire, 1847