Pityophagus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about six described species in Pityophagus.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptarchinae |
| Genus: | Pityophagus Shuckard, 1839 |
Species
editThese six species belong to the genus pedro:
- Pityophagus cephalotes LeConte, 1866
- Pityophagus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pityophagus laevior Abeille, 1872
- Pityophagus quercus Reitter, 1877
- Pityophagus rufipennis Horn, 1872
- Pityophagus verticalis Horn, 1879
References
edit- ^ "Pityophagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pityophagus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pityophagus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
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