Conopalpus

Conopalpus
Conopalpus brevicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Melandryidae
Genus:	Conopalpus Gyllenhal, 1810

Conopalpus is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are at least two described species in Conopalpus. ^[1]

Conopalpus testaceus

Species

These two species belong to the genus Conopalpus:

• Conopalpus brevicollis Kraatz, 1855 ^g
• Conopalpus testaceus (Olivier, 1790) ^g

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[1] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. "Conopalpus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
2. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-29.
3. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-29.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN   978-83-935107-9-5.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Conopalpus at Wikimedia Commons