Dircaea

This article is about beetle genus. For the synonym of a plant genus, see Sinningia.

Dircaea is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melandryidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Japan and North America.^[1]

Dircaea
Dircaea.quadriguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melandryidae
Genus:	Dircaea Fabricius, 1798
Synonyms
List Dicraea Dircea Say, 1824 Dircoea Hypulus Horn, 1888

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Dircaea:^[1]

• Dircaea australis Fairmaire, 1856
• Dircaea horiei Hatch, 1965
• Dircaea liturata (LeConte, 1866)
• Dircaea quadriguttata (Paykull, 1798)