Mauroniscus is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The ten known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Mauroniscidae |
| Genus: | Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911 |
Species
edit- Mauroniscus apicalis (Pic, 1910)
- Mauroniscus boliviensis Majer, 1995
- Mauroniscus chiliensis Estrada & Solervicens, 2021[2]
- Mauroniscus discipennis (Pic, 1910)
- Mauroniscus germaini Majer, 1995
- Mauroniscus maculatus (Pic, 1927)
- Mauroniscus roberti Bourgeois, 1911
- Mauroniscus subfasciatus (Pic, 1910)
- Mauroniscus titschaki (Pic, 1954)
- Mauroniscus wayrauchi Majer, 1995
References
edit- ^ Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.
- ^ Estrada, P. and J. Solervicens. 2021. Description of a new species of Mauroniscus Bourgeois, 1911 from Chile (Coleoptera: Mauroniscidae). Zootaxa 4915(1): 127-132.