Biology:Brachypterolus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Brachypterolus
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Brachypterolus linariae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Kateretidae
Genus: Brachypterolus
Grouvelle, 1913

Brachypterolus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in Brachypterolus.[1][2][3]

Brachypterolus pulicarius

Species

At least six species belong to the genus Brachypterolus:

  • Brachypterolus antirrhini (Murray, 1864)
  • Brachypterolus cinereus (Heer, 1841)
  • Brachypterolus linariae (Stephens, 1830)
  • Brachypterolus longulus (Reitter, 1885)
  • Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (toadflax flower-eating beetle)
  • Brachypterolus vestitus (Kiesenwetter, 1850)

Taxonomy

  • Brachypterolus shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1985 is a junior synonym of Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hisamatsu, 2011

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18115279 entry