Chrysanthia

Chrysanthia
Chrysanthia viridissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Oedemeridae
Genus:	Chrysanthia Schmidt, 1844 [1] [2] or 1846 [3] [4]

Chrysanthia is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae, ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} subfamily Nacerdinae. ^[2] It has a Palearctic distribution. ^[3]

Species

At least the following eight species are recognized: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Chrysanthia cyprica Pic, 1920
• Chrysanthia flavipes Reitter, 1889
• Chrysanthia geniculata (W. Schmidt, 1846)
• Chrysanthia hamata Vázquez, 1989
• Chrysanthia reitteri Seidlitz, 1899
• Chrysanthia superba Reitter, 1872
• Chrysanthia varipes Kiesenwetter, 1861
• Chrysanthia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758)

The BioLib.cz recognizes several more species ^[1] not recognized by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. ^[3]

References

1. "Chrysanthia Schmidt, 1844". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. "Chrysanthia Schmidt, 1844". Fauna Europaea . 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
3. "Chrysanthia Schmidt, 1846". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 12 March 2025.
4. "Chrysanthia Schmidt, W.L.E., 1846". NBN Atlas. Retrieved 12 March 2025.

Further reading

• Vazquez, X. A. 1989. El genero Chrysanthia Schmidt en la Peninsula Iberica (Col., Oedemeridae) - Elytron, 3: 125–136
• Vazquez, X. A. 2002. European Fauna of Oedemeridae - Argania editio, Barcelona, 179 pp.