Sphaeriestes
| Sphaeriestes | |
|---|---|
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| Sphaeriestes bimaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Species[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Sphaeriestes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphaeriestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphaeriestes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr., ed. (1983). "Family 111: Salpingidae". Checklist of the beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Vol. 6: The Darkling Beetles, Strepsiptera and Related Groups. Flora and Fauna Publications. pp. 1–4. ISBN 978-0916846268.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
External links[edit]
Media related to Sphaeriestes at Wikimedia Commons
