Biology:Pityophagus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Pityophagus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptarchinae |
| Genus: | Pityophagus Shuckard, 1839 |
Pityophagus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about six described species in Pityophagus.[1][2][3]
Species
These six species belong to the genus pedro:
- Pityophagus cephalotes LeConte, 1866
- Pityophagus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pityophagus laevior Abeille, 1872
- Pityophagus quercus Reitter, 1877
- Pityophagus rufipennis Horn, 1872
- Pityophagus verticalis Horn, 1879
References
- ↑ "Pityophagus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=835498. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Pityophagus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4407529. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Pityophagus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/275422. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=insectamundi.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15813805 entry
