Byrrhidae
| Byrrhidae | |
|---|---|
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| Byrrhus pilula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Byrrhoidea |
| Family: | Byrrhidae Latreille, 1804 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea. These beetles are common in the forests of the Northern Hemisphere. They feed mainly on moss. Populations increase after wildfires.[1]
There are about 450 species in this family.[2]
Genera include:[3]
- Amphycyrta
- Arctobyrrhus
- Byrrhus
- Chaetophora
- Curimopsis
- Cytilus
- Eusomalia
- Exomella
- Lioligus
- Lioon
- Listemus
- Morychus
- Porcinolus
- Sierraclava
- Simplocaria
References
- ↑ Phillips, I. D., Cobb, T. P., & Spence, J. R. (2008). Salvage logging and edge effects on pill beetle abundance (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 324-27.
- ↑ Lawrence, J. F., Slipinski, A., Jaeger, O., & Pütz, A. (2013). The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Zootaxa 3745(3), 301-29.
- ↑ Byrrhidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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