Astylus

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Astylus
Astylus atromaculatus Coetze4.jpg
Astylus atromaculatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus: Astylus
Laporte, 1836
Astylus gayi

Astylus is a genus of malachite beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America, and in southern Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Species[]

These species are among those in the genus Astylus:

References[]

  1. ^ "Astylus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ Constantin, Robert (2011). "A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)". Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 33.
  3. ^ Champion, George Charles (1918). "Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 2 (10): 337–367. doi:10.1080/00222931808562378.
  4. ^ Bocakova, M.; Constantin, R.; Bocak, L. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Cladistics. 28 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x. S2CID 84573298.

Further reading[]

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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