Malthinus

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Malthinus
Malthinus biguttatus.jpg
Malthinus biguttatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Subfamily: Malthininae
Tribe:
Genus: Malthinus
Latreille, 1806
Diversity
at least 140 species
Synonyms

Apteromalthinus Escalera, 1913
Indomalthinus Brancucci, 1978
Malachidius Motschulsky, 1859
Progeutes Abeille de Perrin, 1894
Ymnis Gozis, 1886

Malthinus is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae; species have been recorded from Europe, N. America and Japan. There are more than 140 described species in Malthinus.[1][2][3]

Malthinus flaveolus

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Malthinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Malthinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading[]

  • Wittmer, W. (1981). "Remarks on a few species of Malthinus Latreille (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Malthinini) from the United States". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 34 (3): 271–279. JSTOR 4000060.
  • Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links[]

  • Media related to Malthinus at Wikimedia Commons
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