Atractocerus

Atractocerus
Atractocerus sp. from Western ghats of India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Lymexyloidea
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 brevicornis, South Africa
Atractocerus brasiliensis, México

Atractocerus is a genus of ship-timber beetles in the family Lymexylidae.

The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus, though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.).

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Atractocerus:

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS report, Atractocerus". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  2. ↑ "GBIF, Atractocerus". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  3. ↑ Wheeler, Q. D. (1986). Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183:113-210
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "Biolib.cz, Genus Atractocerus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801". Retrieved 2024-12-27.