Biology:Mauroniscus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mauroniscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Mauroniscidae
Genus: Mauroniscus
Bourgeois, 1911

Mauroniscus is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The ten known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina , Bolivia, Chile , Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]

Species

  • Mauroniscus apicalis (Pic, 1910)
  • Mauroniscus boliviensis Majer, 1995
  • Mauroniscus chiliensis Estrada & Solervicens, 2021[2]
  • Mauroniscus discipennis (Pic, 1910)
  • Mauroniscus germaini Majer, 1995
  • Mauroniscus maculatus (Pic, 1927)
  • Mauroniscus roberti Bourgeois, 1911
  • Mauroniscus subfasciatus (Pic, 1910)
  • Mauroniscus titschaki (Pic, 1954)
  • Mauroniscus wayrauchi Majer, 1995

References

  1. Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.
  2. Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132.

Wikidata ☰ Q18606176 entry