Biology:Heliotaurus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Heliotaurus
(comb-clawed beetles) Heliotaurus ruficollis. Alleculidae.. Tenebrionoidea (31851423742).jpg
Heliotaurus ruficollis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Alleculinae
Tribe: Cteniopodini
Genus: Heliotaurus
Mulsant, 1856
Subgenera
  • Atlasotaurus Bouyon, 2011
  • Heliotaurus Mulsant, 1856
  • Julogenius Reitter, 1906

Heliotaurus is a genus of comb-clawed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least six described species in Heliotaurus. They are found in the Palearctic and tropical Africa.[1][2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Heliotaurus:

  • Heliotaurus crassidactylus Seidlitz, 1896
  • Heliotaurus ruficollis (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Heliotaurus rufithorax Reitter, 1906
  • Heliotaurus sanguinicollis Reitter, 1906
  • Heliotaurus seidlitzi Reitter, 1906
  • Heliotaurus tenuipes Seidlitz, 1896

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3129782 entry