Discheramocephalus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ptiliidae |
| Tribe: | Discheramocephalini |
| Genus: | Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007
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Discheramocephalus is a genus of feather-winged beetles, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon.[1] It was originally described in 2007 as a monotypic genus (only a single known species).[2] Six additional species were added in 2008, and two were added in 2013.[1][3]
Species
- Discheramocephalus bisulcatus Darby, 2013
- Discheramocephalus brucei Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus elisabethae Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus jarmilae Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus mikaeli Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus minutissimus Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007
- Discheramocephalus stewarti Grebennikov, 2008
- Discheramocephalus vasilii Darby, 2013
References
- ^ a b Grebennikov, Vasily V. (2008). "How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 313–328. doi:10.14411/eje.2008.039.
- ^ Johnson, Colin. 2007: Studies on Ptiliidae (Col.) from the Solomon Islands, 1. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 143: 213-226
- ^ Darby, Michael (2013-10-04). "Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species". Zootaxa. 3718 (3): 239–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2. PMID 26258221.
Further reading
- Grebennikov, Vasily V. "Discheramocephalini, a new pantropical tribe of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae): description of new taxa and phylogenetic analysis." Systematic Entomology 34.1 (2009): 113–136.
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