Brassicogethes
| Brassicogethes | |
|---|---|
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| Brassicogethes aeneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Meligethinae |
| Genus: | Brassicogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009 |
Brassicogethes is a genus of pollen beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are at least 4 described species in Brassicogethes.[1][2]
Species
- Brassicogethes aeneus (Fabricius, 1775) (common pollen beetle)
- Brassicogethes cleominis (Easton, 1959)
- Brassicogethes simplipes (Easton, 1947)
- Brassicogethes viridescens (Fabricius, 1787)
References
- ^ "Brassicogethes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "Brassicogethes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- Audisio, P., A. R. Cline, A. De Biase, G. Antonini, E. Mancini, M. Trizzino, L. Costantini, et al. (2009). "Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, vol. 49, no. 2, 341–504.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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