Sapintus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are at least 13 described species in Sapintus.[1][2]
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Species edit
- Sapintus arizonicus Werner, 1962
- Sapintus caudatus Werner, 1962
- Sapintus corticalis (LeConte, 1851)
- Sapintus fulvipes (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Sapintus hispidulus Casey, 1895
- Sapintus lemniscatus Werner, 1962
- Sapintus lutescens (Champion, 1890)
- Sapintus pallidus (Say, 1826)
- Sapintus pubescens (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Sapintus pusillus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849)
- Sapintus similis Werner, 1983
- Sapintus teapensis (Champion, 1890)
- Sapintus timidus Casey, 1895
References edit
- ^ "Sapintus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Sapintus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- Chandler, Donald S. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 117: Anthicidae Latreille 1819". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 549–558.
- Werner, F. G. (1962). "A Revision of the Nearctic Species of Sapintus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 55, no. 5, 492–498.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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