Biology:Mirosternus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Mirosternus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Ptinidae
Tribe:	Mirosternini
Genus:	Mirosternus Sharp, 1881

Mirosternus is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 70 described species in Mirosternus.

Species

These 70 species belong to the genus Mirosternus:

• Mirosternus acutus Blackburn, 1885 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus affinis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus amatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus amaurodes Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus angulatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus basalis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus bicolor Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus blackburni Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus blackburnioides Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus carinatus Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus cognatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus debilis Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus denudatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus dimidiatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus discolor Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus dubiosus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus duplex Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus elongatulus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus epichrysus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus euceras Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus eutheorus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus excelsior Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus eximius Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus fractus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus frigidus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus glabripennis Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus hawaiiensis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus hirsutulus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus hypocoelus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus ignotus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus irregularis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus kauaiensis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus konanus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus laevis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus lanaiensis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus latifrons Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus lugubris Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus marginatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus maurus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus molokaiensis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus montanus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus muticus Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus nigrocastaneus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus obscurus Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus oculatus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus pallidicornis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus parcus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus parvulus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus peles Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus plebeius Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus punctatissimus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus punctatus Sharp, 1881 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus pusillus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus pyrophilus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus rufescens Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus rugipennis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus sculptus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus simplex Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus solidus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus solitarius Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus sordidus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus stenarthrus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus subparcus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus testaceus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus tetragonus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus tristis Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus varicolor Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus varius Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus vestitus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}
• Mirosternus xanthostictus Perkins, 1910 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). "beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)". General Technical Report FPL-GTR-209. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf. 
• American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0849309540. 
• Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218. 
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732. 
• White, Richard E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395910894. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894. 

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