Brachypeplus

Brachypeplus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Nitidulidae
Subfamily:	Cillaeinae
Genus:	Brachypeplus Erichson, 1842
Synonyms
List GrouvellepeplusKirejtshuk, 2001 LiparopeplusMurray, 1864 PalaeopeplusPowell & Cline, 2021 SelisMurray, 1864 TasmusMurray, 1864

Brachypeplus is a genus of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Brachypeplus: ^[1]

• Brachypeplus aequalis (Walker, 1858)
• Brachypeplus affinis Sharp, 1881
• Brachypeplus amplus Grouvelle, 1913
• Brachypeplus apicalis Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus barronensis Blackburn, 1902
• Brachypeplus basalis Erichson, 1842
• Brachypeplus binotatus Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus blandus Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus brevicornis Sharp, 1878
• Brachypeplus deyrollei Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus dorsalis Grouvelle, 1897
• Brachypeplus glaber LeConte, 1878
• Brachypeplus habecki Cline & Skelley
• Brachypeplus inaequalis Sharp, 1878
• Brachypeplus instriatus Kirejtshuk & Kovalev, 2022
• Brachypeplus kemblensis Blackburn, 1902
• Brachypeplus latus Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus macleayi N.S.Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus makarovi Kirejtshuk & Kovalev, 2022
• Brachypeplus mauli Gardner & Classey, 1962
• Brachypeplus nypicola Kirejtshuk & Kovalev, 2022
• Brachypeplus olinda Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
• Brachypeplus planus Erichson, 1842
• Brachypeplus similis Grouvelle, 1898
• Brachypeplus tenuis Murray, 1864
• Brachypeplus vicinus Sharp, 1889
• Brachypeplus wattsensis Blackburn, 1902
• Brachypeplus xanthorrhoeae Lea, 1925
• Palaeopeplus cascus Powell & Cline, 2021
• BOLD:ACB4129 (Brachypeplus sp.)

References

1. "Brachypeplus Erichson, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

• Habeck, Dale H. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 77. Nitidulidae Latreille 1802". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 311–315.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN   978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.