Megataphrus

Genus of beetles

Megataphrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Colydiinae
Tribe: Synchitini
Genus: Megataphrus
Casey, 1890

Megataphrus is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least three described species in Megataphrus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Megataphrus:

  • Megataphrus arizonicus Stephan, 1989
  • Megataphrus chandleri Stephan, 1989
  • Megataphrus tenuicornis Casey, 1890

References

  1. ^ "Megataphrus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Megataphrus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Ivie, Michael A.; Lord, Nathan P.; Foley, Ian A.; Slipinski, S. Adam (2016). "Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the new World: A Key and Nomenclatural Acts 30 Years in the Making". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (4): 755–788. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.755. S2CID 89622091.

Further reading

  • Casey, T. L. (1890). "Coleopterological notices. II". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 5 (1): 307–504. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1890.tb57008.x. S2CID 86786620.
  • Ivie, Michael A. (2002). "Family 103: Colydiidae Erichson, 1845". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 445–453. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam; Lawrence, John F. (1999). "Phylogeny and classification of Zopheridae sensu novo (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with a review of the genera of Zopherinae (excluding Monommatini)". Annales Zoologici. 49 (1): 1–53. ISSN 0003-4541.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
Taxon identifiers
Megataphrus


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