Astylus
Appearance
Astylus | |
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Astylus atromaculatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Melyridae |
Subfamily: | Melyrinae |
Tribe: | Astylini |
Genus: | Astylus Laporte, 1836 |
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Astylus is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]- Astylus antis
- Astylus atromaculatus
- Astylus aulicus
- Astylus bonplandi
- Astylus bourgeoisi
- Astylus cyanerythrus
- Astylus forcipatus
- Astylus gayi
- Astylus lebasi
- Astylus octopustulatus
- Astylus quadrilineatus
- Astylus rubripennis
- Astylus sexmaculatus
- Astylus trifasciatus
- Astylus variegatus
- Astylus vittaticollis
- Astylus vittatus
References
[edit]- ^ "Astylus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ Constantin, Robert (2011). "A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)". Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 33.
- ^ Champion, George Charles (1918). "Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 2 (10): 337–367. doi:10.1080/00222931808562378.
- ^ Bocakova, M.; Constantin, R.; Bocak, L. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Cladistics. 28 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x. PMID 34861761. S2CID 84573298.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.