Biology:Niptus

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Niptus
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Niptus hololeucus
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Niptus

Boieldieu, 1856
Species

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Niptus is a genus of beetle present in the Australia n region, the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East, the Nearctic, and North Africa.

Niptus as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Niptus abditus
  • Niptus absconditus
  • Niptus abstrusus
  • Niptus arcanus
  • Niptus giulianii
  • Niptus hololeucus – golden spider beetle
  • Niptus neotomae
  • Niptus sleeperi
  • Niptus ventriculus

References

  1. Philips, T. K. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Systematic Entomology 25 235-62.
  2. Niptus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1945871 entry