Byrrhus
| Byrrhus | |
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| Byrrhus arietinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Tribe: | Byrrhini |
| Genus: | Byrrhus Linnaeus, 1767 |
Byrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least 30 described species in Byrrhus.[1][2][3][4]
The correct date for this genus is 1767 [5] (#195), as it was not listed in 1758.[6] B. pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) was listed under the genus Dermestes in the 10th edition (#18).
Species[edit]
These 32 species belong to the genus Byrrhus:
- Byrrhus alpinus Gory, 1829 g
- Byrrhus americanus LeConte, 1850 i c g b
- Byrrhus arietinus Steffahny, 1842 g
- Byrrhus auromicans Kiesenwetter, 1851 g
- Byrrhus concolor Kirby, 1837 i c g b
- Byrrhus crenulatus Rossi, 1794 g
- Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby, 1837 i c g b
- Byrrhus derrei Allemand, 1987 g
- Byrrhus espanoli G.Fiori, 1960 g
- Byrrhus eximius LeConte, 1850 i c g b
- Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771 i c g
- Byrrhus focarilei Fabbri & Puetz, 1997 g
- Byrrhus geminatus LeConte, 1854 i c g b
- Byrrhus gigas Fabricius, 1787 g
- Byrrhus glabratus Heer, 1841 g
- Byrrhus kirbyi LeConte, 1854 i c g b
- Byrrhus lisellae (G.Fiori, 1953) g
- Byrrhus luniger Germar, 1817 g
- Byrrhus murinus Fabricius, 1794 g
- Byrrhus nicolasi G.Fiori, 1966 g
- Byrrhus nigrosparsus Chevrolat, 1866 g
- Byrrhus numidicus Normand, 1935 g
- Byrrhus occidentalis G.Fiori, 1953 g
- Byrrhus picipes Duftschmid, 1825 g
- Byrrhus pilosellus A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1833 g
- Byrrhus pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b
- Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1771) g
- Byrrhus pyrenaeus Dufour, 1834 g
- Byrrhus rubidus Kugelann, 1792 g
- Byrrhus rufipes Kugelann, 1792 g
- Byrrhus signatus Sturm, 1823 g
- Byrrhus undulatus Kugelann, 1792 g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Byrrhus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b "Browse Byrrhus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b "Byrrhus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b "Byrrhus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Systema Naturae 12th edition
- ^ Systema Naturae 10th edition
Further reading[edit]
- Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links[edit]
Media related to Byrrhus at Wikimedia Commons
