Biology:Xerasia

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Xerasia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Byturidae
Genus: Xerasia
Lewis, 1895

Xerasia is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are four described species in Xerasia.[1]

Species

  • Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
  • Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
  • Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer, 1988
  • Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895

References

  1. C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q18113644 entry