Mycterus
| Mycterus | |
|---|---|
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| Mycterus curculioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Mycteridae |
| Genus: | Mycterus Clairville, 1798 |
Mycterus is a genus of palm and flower beetles in the family Mycteridae. There are about seven described species in Mycterus.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]- Mycterus canescens Horn, 1879
- Mycterus concolor LeConte, 1853
- Mycterus curculioides (Fabricius, 1781)
- Mycterus elongata Hopping, 1935
- Mycterus marmoratus Pollock, 1993
- Mycterus quadricollis Horn, 1874
- Mycterus scaber Haldeman, 1843
- Mycterus umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1787)
- Mycterus youngi Pollack 2012 [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mycterus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Mycterus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Mycterus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Pollock, Darren A. (2012). "Mycterus Youngi Pollock (Coleoptera: Mycteridae), A New Species from the Great Lakes Region, with a Revised Key to Species of North America". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 66 (1): 23–26. ISSN 0010-065X.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.