Biology:Sphaeriestes

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Sphaeriestes
Sphaeriestes bimaculatus.jpg
Sphaeriestes bimaculatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Salpingidae
Subfamily: Salpinginae
Genus: Sphaeriestes
Stephens, 1831

Sphaeriestes is a genus of narrow-waisted bark beetles in the family Salpingidae. There are about 13 described species in Sphaeriestes.[1][2][3]

Sphaeriestes stockmanni

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Sphaeriestes:

  • Sphaeriestes aeratus (Mulsant, 1859)
  • Sphaeriestes alternatus (LeConte, 1859)
  • Sphaeriestes bimaculatus (Gyllenhal, 1810)
  • Sphaeriestes borbonicus Seidlitz, 1886
  • Sphaeriestes castaneus (Panzer, 1796)
  • Sphaeriestes cribarius (Fairmaire, 1898)
  • Sphaeriestes exsanguis (Abeille de Perrin, 1870)
  • Sphaeriestes impressus (Wollaton, 1857)
  • Sphaeriestes reyi (Abeille de Perrin, 1874)
  • Sphaeriestes sculptilis Fairmaire, 1868
  • Sphaeriestes stockmanni (Biström, 1977)
  • Sphaeriestes tibialis (LeConte, 1866)
  • Sphaeriestes virescens LeConte, 1850


References

Further reading

  • "Family 111: Salpingidae". Checklist of the beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. 6: The Darkling Beetles, Strepsiptera and Related Groups. Flora and Fauna Publications. 1983. pp. 1–4. ISBN 978-0916846268. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14927451 entry