Byrsax

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Byrsax
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Byrsax sp. (male)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Bolitophagini
Genus: Byrsax
Pascoe, 1860

Byrsax is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae, [1] and the tribe Bolitophagini. [2]

The genus was first described in 1860 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe. [3] [4] and the type species is Byrsax coenosus . [3]

Species of this genus are found in Australia, Indo-Malaya and the palearctic. [1]

Species


Species listed by GBIF are: [1]

Species listed by AFD are: [5]

The Korean National Taxa list also lists as a distinct species: [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Byrsax Pascoe, 1860". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  2. 1 2 "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Species Details - Byrsax kimurai)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  3. 1 2 "Genus Byrsax Pascoe, 1860". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ↑ Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1860). "Notices of new or little-known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part I." The Journal of Entomology: Descriptive and Geographical. 1: 36-64 [42]. Wikidata   Q135911417. BHL page 51723332
  5. ↑ "Genus Byrsax Pascoe, 1860: names". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  6. ↑ "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (National Institute of Biological Resources, Biodiversity of the Korean Peninsula - search Byrax)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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