Biology:Astylus

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Astylus
Astylus atromaculatus Coetze4.jpg
Astylus atromaculatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Melyrinae
Tribe: Astylini
Genus: Astylus
Laporte, 1836
Astylus gayi

Astylus is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America.[1][2][3][4]

Species

  • Astylus antis
  • Astylus atromaculatus
  • Astylus aulicus
  • Astylus bonplandi
  • Astylus bourgeoisi
  • Astylus cyanerythrus
  • Astylus forcipatus
  • Astylus gayi
  • Astylus lebasi
  • Astylus octopustulatus
  • Astylus quadrilineatus
  • Astylus rubripennis
  • Astylus sexmaculatus
  • Astylus trifasciatus
  • Astylus variegatus
  • Astylus vittaticollis
  • Astylus vittatus


References

  1. "Astylus". https://www.gbif.org/species/3264022. Retrieved 2020-03-22. 
  2. Constantin, Robert (2011). "A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)". Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 33. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277012785. 
  3. Champion, George Charles (1918). "Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 2 (10): 337–367. doi:10.1080/00222931808562378. 
  4. Bocakova, M.; Constantin, R.; Bocak, L. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Cladistics 28 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x. PMID 34861761. 

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21587992 entry