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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| 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 |
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Species edit
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 edit
- Brachypterolus shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1985 is a junior synonym of Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hisamatsu, 2011
References edit
- ^ "Brachypterolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Brachypterolus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Brachypterolus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading edit
- 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.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links edit
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