Brachypterolus

Brachypterolus
Brachypterolus linariae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Kateretidae
Genus:	Brachypterolus Grouvelle, 1913

Brachypterolus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in Brachypterolus.[1][2][3]

Brachypterolus pulicarius

Species

At least six species belong to the genus Brachypterolus:

• Brachypterolus antirrhini (Murray, 1864)
• Brachypterolus cinereus (Heer, 1841)
• Brachypterolus linariae (Stephens, 1830)
• Brachypterolus longulus (Reitter, 1885)
• Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (toadflax flower-eating beetle)
• Brachypterolus vestitus (Kiesenwetter, 1850)

Taxonomy

• Brachypterolus shimoyamai Hisamatsu, 1985 is a junior synonym of Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hisamatsu, 2011

References

1. "Brachypterolus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Brachypterolus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Brachypterolus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
• 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 Brachypterolus at Wikimedia Commons