Onthophilinae
Appearance
Onthophilinae Temporal range:
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Onthophilus punctatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Histeridae |
Subfamily: | Onthophilinae MacLeay, 1819 |
Onthophilinae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 genera and at least 80 described species in Onthophilinae.[1][2][3]
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Genera
[edit]These eight genera belong to the subfamily Onthophilinae:
- Cretonthophilus Caterino, Wolf-Schwenninger and Bechly, 2015 (Cretaceous (Early Cenomanian); Myanmar)
- Epiechinus Lewis, 1891
- Glymma Marseul, 1856
- Onthophilus Leach, 1817
- Peploglyptus J. L. LeConte, 1880
- Sculptura Thérond, 1969
- Sigillum Thérond, 1975
- Vuattuoxinus Thérond, 1964
References
[edit]- ^ "Onthophilinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ "Onthophilinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Further reading
[edit]- Bousquet, Yves; Laplante, Serge (2006). Coleoptera Histeridae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Vol. part 24. NRC Press. ISBN 978-0-660-19399-1. ISSN 0706-7313.
- Majka, Christopher G. (2008). "Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (2): 189–202. doi:10.3897/zookeys.2.3.
- Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN 978-83-7583-3171.
- Kovarik, Peter W.; Caterino, Michael S. (2001). "Family 15: Histeridae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press. pp. 212–227. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
External links
[edit]Media related to Onthophilinae at Wikimedia Commons