Biology:Rypobius

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Rypobius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Corylophidae
Tribe: Rypobiini
Genus: Rypobius
LeConte, 1852

Rypobius is a genus of minute hooded beetles in the family Corylophidae. There are about five described species in Rypobius.[1][2][3]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Rypobius:

  • Rypobius brevicornis Matthews, 1899
  • Rypobius fiorianus (Matthews, 1886)
  • Rypobius marinus LeConte, 1852
  • Rypobius minutus Casey, 1900
  • Rypobius praetermissus Bowestead, 1999

References

Further reading

  • LeConte, J. L. (1852). "Remarks upon the Coccinellidae of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 129–145. 
  • Slipinski, Adam; Tomaszewska, Wioletta; Lawrence, John F. (2009). "Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae". Systematic Entomology 34 (3): 409–433. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00471.x. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

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