title: Melba (beetle)
text: # Melba (beetle)
  
  Melba is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Melba.
  
  ## Species
  
  These 13 species belong to the genus Melba:
  
  * Melba caviceps Raffray, $1909^g$
  * Melba clypeata (Reitter, $1883)^{icg}$
  * Melba crassipes Raffray, $1908^g$
  * Melba fleutiauxi Raffray, $1890^g$
  * Melba frontalis Raffray, $1908^g$
  * Melba gibbula (Reitter, $1883)^{icg}$
  * Melba maja (Brendel, $1892)^{icg}$
  * Melba parvula (LeConte, $1849)^{icgb}$
  * Melba quercae Chandler, $1985^{icg}$
  * Melba simplex (LeConte, $1878)^{icg}$
  * Melba sulcatula Casey, $1897^{icgb}$
  * Melba temporalis Raffray, $1909^g$
  * Melba thoracica (Brendel, $1889)^{icg}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  