Atractocerus

Atractocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Lymexylidae
Genus: Atractocerus
Palisot de Beauvois, 1801
Synonyms
  • Atractourus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801 (Lapsus calami)
  • Fusicornis Philippi, 1866
  • Arractocetus Kurosawa, 1985
  • Hymaloxylon Kurosawa, 1985
  • Raractocetus Kurosawa, 1985

Atractocerus is a genus of beetles in the family Lymexylidae. The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus,[1] though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.[2]).

Species[3]

References

  1. Wheeler, Q. D. (1986). Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183:113-210
  2. Paulus, H.F. (2004) Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., der erste Vertreter der tropischen Atractocerinae in Europa, sowie eine Beschreibung von Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. aus Yunnan (China) (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status). Denisia, 13 (17.09.2004): 277-290
  3. Lymexylidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.


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