Byrrhus

Byrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least 30 described species in Byrrhus.^[1][2][3][4]

Byrrhus
Byrrhus arietinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Byrrhidae
Tribe:	Byrrhini
Genus:	Byrrhus Linnaeus, 1767

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).

Byrrhus pustulatus

Species

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

1. "Byrrhus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
2. "Browse Byrrhus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
3. "Byrrhus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
4. "Byrrhus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
5. Systema Naturae 12th edition
6. Systema Naturae 10th edition

Further reading

• 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

• Media related to Byrrhus at Wikimedia Commons