Biology:Scirtes

Short description: Genus of beetles

Scirtes
Scirtes hemisphaericus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scirtidae
Genus:	Scirtes Illiger, 1807

Scirtes is a genus of marsh beetles in the family Scirtidae. There are more than 80 described species in Scirtes.

Scirtes hemisphaericus

Species

These 84 species belong to the genus Scirtes:

• Scirtes adustus Boheman, 1858
• Scirtes affinis Motschulsky, 1858
• Scirtes albamaculatus Watts.However, 2004
• Scirtes albotaeniatus Yoshitomi
• Scirtes auratus Watts, 2004
• Scirtes axillaris Motschulsky, 1863
• Scirtes babeldaobensis Yoshitomi
• Scirtes bimaculaticeps Pic, 1918
• Scirtes bo Klausnitzer, 2016
• Scirtes brisbanensis Pic, 1956
• Scirtes caledonicus Bourgeois, 1884
• Scirtes californicus Motschulsky, 1845
• Scirtes canescens Motschulsky, 1863
• Scirtes caraguata Libonatti, 2017
• Scirtes cayennensis Guérin, 1861
• Scirtes championi Picado, 1913
• Scirtes circumcisus Kirejtschuk & Nel, 2013
• Scirtes confinis
• Scirtes constans Pic, 1918
• Scirtes convexiusculus Motschulsky, 1863
• Scirtes dentatus Libonatti, 2017
• Scirtes dicerorhinus Klausnitzer, 2016
• Scirtes diversenotatus Pic, 1930
• Scirtes dufaui Pic, 1916
• Scirtes ebenus Ruta & Yoshitomi, 2010
• Scirtes elegans
• Scirtes elisabethae Pic, 1955
• Scirtes exoletus Waterhouse, 1880
• Scirtes flavohumeralis
• Scirtes gallus Libonatti, 2017
• Scirtes gelimensis Ruta, 2014
• Scirtes goliai Epler, 2012
• Scirtes goodrichi Springer & Waller, 2021
• Scirtes grandis (Motschulsky, 1863)
• Scirtes gressitti Yoshitomi
• Scirtes guillaumati Pic, 1918
• Scirtes haemisphaericus
• Scirtes helicoidalis Libonatti, 2017
• Scirtes helmsi Blackburn, 1892
• Scirtes hemisphaericus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Scirtes herthae Klausnitzer, 2005
• Scirtes humeralis Horn, 1895
• Scirtes insularis Champion, 1897
• Scirtes japonicus Kiesenwetter, 1874
• Scirtes lemoulti Pic, 1913
• Scirtes lynnae Watts, Cooper & Saint, 2017
• Scirtes mahensis
• Scirtes majerorum Klausnitzer, 2016
• Scirtes maynei Pic, 1955
• Scirtes micronesianus Yoshitomi
• Scirtes nigropunctatus Motschulsky, 1863
• Scirtes nocturnus Pic, 1955
• Scirtes oblongus Guérin-Méneville, 1861
• Scirtes okinawanus Nakane, 1963
• Scirtes orbicularis (Panzer, 1793)
• Scirtes orbiculatus (Fabricius, 1801)
• Scirtes ovalis Blatchley, 1924
• Scirtes ovatulus Lewis, 1895
• Scirtes palauensis Yoshitomi
• Scirtes piceolus Blatchley, 1924
• Scirtes pinjarraensis Watts, 2004
• Scirtes plagiatus Schaeffer, 1906
• Scirtes quadrifossulata Pic, 1916
• Scirtes rufonotatus Pic, 1915
• Scirtes rutai Watts, Cooper & Saint, 2017
• Scirtes sakishimanus Satô & Chûjô, 1972
• Scirtes scheat Klausnitzer, 2003
• Scirtes serratus Watts, Cooper & Saint, 2017
• Scirtes seychellensis Champion, 1924
• Scirtes seydeli Pic, 1955
• Scirtes sobrinus Lewis, 1895
• Scirtes talamauensis Klausnitzer, 2016
• Scirtes testaceicornis Pic, 1913
• Scirtes testaceus Fabricius, 1801
• Scirtes tibialis Guerin-Meneville, 1843
• Scirtes tigmanensis
• Scirtes tinianensis Yoshitomi
• Scirtes townshendi Pic, 1918
• Scirtes tsumaguro Satô & Chûjô, 1972
• Scirtes variegata Guérin, 1843
• Scirtes victoris Pic, 1918
• Scirtes wanati Ruta & Yoshitomi, 2010
• Scirtes zerchei
• Scirtes zwicki Watts, Cooper & Saint, 2017
• Scyrtes japonicus Kiesenwetter, 1874

Further reading

• Epler, J. H. (2012). "A new species of Scirtes (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from southern Florida and the Caribbean". Zootaxa 3530 (1): 77–82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3530.1.8. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290745032. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14932309 entry