Biology:Brachypterolus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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| Brachypterolus linariae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Kateretidae |
| Genus: | Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 |
Brachypterolus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in Brachypterolus.[1][2][3]
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Species
At least six species belong to the genus Brachypterolus:
- Brachypterolus antirrhini (Murray, 1864)
- Brachypterolus cinereus (Heer, 1841)
- Brachypterolus linariae (Stephens, 1830)
- Brachypterolus longulus (Reitter, 1885)
- Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (toadflax flower-eating beetle)
- Brachypterolus vestitus (Kiesenwetter, 1850)
Taxonomy
- Brachypterolus shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1985 is a junior synonym of Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hisamatsu, 2011
References
- ↑ "Brachypterolus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=708185. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachypterolus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1044324. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brachypterolus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/38463. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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 ☰ Q18115279 entry
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