Selviria (beetle)

Selviria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scarabaeidae
Tribe:Eupariini
Genus:Selviria
Stebnicka, 1999

Selviria is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least two described species in Selviria, both found in Brazil. Selviria matogrossoensis has been reported in a nest of fire ants.[1][2]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Selviria:

  • Selviria anneae Stebnicka, 2005 c g
  • Selviria matogrossoensis Stebnicka, 1999 c g

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Browse Selviria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  2. ↑ Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  3. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Selviria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-17.

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.
  • 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.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • 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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