Ptilodactyla

Ptilodactyla is a genus of toe-winged beetles in the family Ptilodactylidae. There are around 380 described species in Ptilodactyla, which is about 70% of all species in the family. However, it may be subject to divisions in the future and there are likely many more undescribed species.^[1][2][3][4]

Ptilodactyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Ptilodactylidae
Subfamily:	Ptilodactylinae
Genus:	Ptilodactyla Illiger, 1807

Species

• Ptilodactyla acuta Johnson & Freytag, 1978
• Ptilodactyla amamioshimana
• Ptilodactyla angustata Horn, 1880
• Ptilodactyla atra Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
• Ptilodactyla carinata Johnson & Freytag, 1978
• Ptilodactyla castanea Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
• Ptilodactyla corporaali Pic, 1923
• Ptilodactyla emarginata Chevrolat, 1870
• Ptilodactyla equilobata Chapin, 1927
• Ptilodactyla escalonai Lawrence et al., 2024
• Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin, 1927
• Ptilodactyla formosana Nakane, 1996
• Ptilodactyla guadelupensis Legros, 1947
• Ptilodactyla humeralis Motschulsky, 1863
• Ptilodactyla hyperglotta Johnson & Freytag, 1982
• Ptilodactyla isoloba Johnson & Freytag, 1982
• Ptilodactyla lacordairei Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
• Ptilodactyla macrophthalma Legros, 1947
• Ptilodactyla militaris Chevrolat, 1870
• Ptilodactyla nanoderma Johnson & Freytag, 1982
• Ptilodactyla nitens Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
• Ptilodactyla nitida De Geer, 1775
• Ptilodactyla nitidissima Pic, 1927
• Ptilodactyla obscuriceps Pic, 1923
• Ptilodactyla ramea Lewis, 1895
• Ptilodactyla rouyeri
• Ptilodactyla scabrosa Champion, 1924
• Ptilodactyla sericea Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
• Ptilodactyla serricollis (Say, 1823)
• Ptilodactyla sinensis
• Ptilodactyla strangulata Pic, 1924
• Ptilodactyla thoracica Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

References

1. "Ptilodactyla Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Ptilodactyla". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Ptilodactyla genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Lawrence, John F.; Zhou, Yu-Lingzi; Ślipiński, Adam (2024-06-30). "The Australian Ptilodactylidae (Coleoptera), with New Subfamily, Key to Genera and Descriptions of Two New Species". Annales Zoologici. 74 (2). doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.005. ISSN 0003-4541.

Further reading

• 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 Ptilodactyla at Wikimedia Commons