Xerasia

Xerasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Byturidae
Genus:Xerasia
Lewis, 1895

Xerasia is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are four described species in Xerasia.[1]

Species

  • Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
  • Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
  • Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer
  • Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895


References

  1. C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78

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.
  • Springer, Charles A.; Goodrich, Michael A. (1991). "Family: Byturidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. United States Department of Agriculture.
  • 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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