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 ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Kateretidae |
Genus: | Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913 |
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Species
editAt 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- Media related to Brachypterolus at Wikimedia Commons