Oosternum

Oosternum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Hydrophilidae
Tribe:Megasternini
Genus:Oosternum
Sharp, 1882
Synonyms[1]
  • Pemelus Horn, 1890

Oosternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are about eight described species in Oosternum.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Oosternum:

  • Oosternum aequinoctiale Motschulsky, 1855 g
  • Oosternum attacomis Spangler, 1962 i c g b
  • Oosternum costatum (LeConte, 1855) i c g b
  • Oosternum gibbicolle g
  • Oosternum holosericeum g
  • Oosternum latum Fikacek, Hebauer & Hansen, 2009 g
  • Oosternum pubescens (LeConte, 1855) i c g b
  • Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999 i c g

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oosternum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Oosternum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "Oosternum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. 1 2 "Oosternum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-31-5.
  • 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.
  • Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
  • 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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