Byrrhus

Byrrhus
Byrrhus arietinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Byrrhidae
Tribe:Byrrhini
Genus:Byrrhus
Linnaeus, 1758

Byrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least 30 described species in Byrrhus.[1][2][3][4]

The correct date for this genus is 1767 [5] (#195), as it was not listed in 1758.[6] B. pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) was listed under the genus Dermestes in the 10th edition (#18).

Byrrhus pustulatus

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Byrrhus:

  • Byrrhus alpinus Gory, 1829 g
  • Byrrhus americanus LeConte, 1850 i c g b
  • Byrrhus arietinus Steffahny, 1842 g
  • Byrrhus auromicans Kiesenwetter, 1851 g
  • Byrrhus concolor Kirby, 1837 i c g b
  • Byrrhus crenulatus Rossi, 1794 g
  • Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby, 1837 i c g b
  • Byrrhus derrei Allemand, 1987 g
  • Byrrhus espanoli G.Fiori, 1960 g
  • Byrrhus eximius LeConte, 1850 i c g b
  • Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771 i c g
  • Byrrhus focarilei Fabbri & Puetz, 1997 g
  • Byrrhus geminatus LeConte, 1854 i c g b
  • Byrrhus gigas Fabricius, 1787 g
  • Byrrhus glabratus Heer, 1841 g
  • Byrrhus kirbyi LeConte, 1854 i c g b
  • Byrrhus lisellae (G.Fiori, 1953) g
  • Byrrhus luniger Germar, 1817 g
  • Byrrhus murinus Fabricius, 1794 g
  • Byrrhus nicolasi G.Fiori, 1966 g
  • Byrrhus nigrosparsus Chevrolat, 1866 g
  • Byrrhus numidicus Normand, 1935 g
  • Byrrhus occidentalis G.Fiori, 1953 g
  • Byrrhus picipes Olivier, 1790 g
  • Byrrhus pilosellus A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1833 g
  • Byrrhus pilula Linnaeus, 1758 i c g b
  • Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1771) g
  • Byrrhus pyrenaeus Dufour, 1834 g
  • Byrrhus rubidus Kugelann, 1792 g
  • Byrrhus rufipes Kugelann, 1792 g
  • Byrrhus signatus Sturm, 1823 g
  • Byrrhus undulatus Kugelann, 1792 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Byrrhus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Byrrhus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. 1 2 "Byrrhus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. 1 2 "Byrrhus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ↑ Systema Naturae 12th edition
  6. ↑ Systema Naturae 10th edition

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Johnson, Paul J. (1991). "Taxonomic notes, new records, and a key to the adults of North American Byrrhidae (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93 (2): 322–332.
  • Johnson, Paul J. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H., eds. Family 42. Byrrhidae Latreille 1804. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 113–116. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
  • Leach, W.E. (1822). "Characters of a new genus of coleopterous insects of the family Byrrhidae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

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