Biology:Merohister

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Merohister
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Tribe: Histerini
Genus: Merohister
Reitter, 1909

Merohister is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about eight described species in Merohister.[1][2][3]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Merohister:

  • Merohister aino (Lewis, 1884)
  • Merohister arboricavi Johnson in Johnson, Lundgren, Newton, Thayer, Wenzel & Wenzel, 1991
  • Merohister ariasi (Marseul, 1864)
  • Merohister asoka (Lewis, 1910)
  • Merohister jekekli (Marseul, 1857)
  • Merohister jekeli (Marseul, 1857)
  • Merohister osculatus (Blatchley, 1910)
  • Merohister uenoi Ôhara, 1992

References

Further reading

  • Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN 978-83-7583-3171. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14888032 entry