Minthea

Minthea
Minthea obsita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Bostrichidae
Subfamily:	Lyctinae
Tribe:	Lyctini
Genus:	Minthea Pascoe, 1863

Minthea is a genus of tropical powderpost beetles in the family Bostrichidae. There are about eight described species in Minthea.[1][2][3][4]

Minthea rugicollis

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Minthea:

• Minthea acanthacollis (Carter & Zeck, 1937)
• Minthea apicata Lesne, 1935
• Minthea bivestita Lesne, 1937
• Minthea humericosta Lesne, 1936
• Minthea obsita (Wollaston, 1867)
• Minthea reticulata Lesne, 1931
• Minthea rugicollis (Walker, 1858) (hairy powderpost beetle)
• Minthea squamigera Pascoe, 1866

References

1. "Minthea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Minthea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Minthea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.

Further reading

• Sharp, David; Scott, Hugh (1908). Sharp, David (ed.). "Coleoptera IV: Coleoptera, Various". Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. 3: 367–579.
• Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
• Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

External links

• Media related to Minthea at Wikimedia Commons