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Aglyptinus Cockerell 1906

Description

Aglyptinus Cockerell 1906

Aglyptinus Cockerell 1906 (new name for Aglyptus LeConte). Type species: Colenis laevis LeConte (monotypy).

= Aglyptus LeConte 1866: 369 (preoccupied, not Foerster 1856). Type species: Colenis laevis LeConte (monotypy).

=Aglyptonotus Champion 1913: 65 (new name for Aglyptus LeConte).

Distribution. Neotropical, eastern Nearctic, England, New Guinea.

Biology. Usually found on soft fungi in moist forests.

Notes

Published as part of Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., pp. 1-76 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (397) on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5184089

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cockerell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Leiodidae
Genus
Aglyptinus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Aglyptinus Cockerell, 1906 sec. Peck & Cook, 2014

References

  • Cockerell, T. D. A. 1906. Preoccupied generic names of Coleoptera. Entomological News 17: 240 - 244.
  • LeConte, J. L. 1866. Additions to the coleopterous fauna of the United States. No. 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1866: 361 - 394.
  • Champion, G. C. 1913. Notes on various Central American Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913: 58 - 169.