| Cytilus mimicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Genus: | Cytilus |
| Species: | C. mimicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cytilus mimicus Casey, 1912 | |
Cytilus mimicus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]
Byrrhidae, the pill beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea. These beetles are common in the forests of the Northern Hemisphere. They feed mainly on moss. Populations increase after wildfires. The oldest undoubted record of the family is Lidryops from the earliest Late Cretaceous Charentese amber of France, with other less certain records going back to the Middle Jurassic, but these possibly belong to Byrrhoidea.
Byrrhinae is a subfamily of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about 25 genera and at least 160 described species in Byrrhinae.
Arctobyrrhus subcanus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Arctobyrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least two described species in Arctobyrrhus.
Lioligus nitidus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Byrrhus concolor is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Lioon nezperce is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Lioon is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Lioon.
Cytilus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are about eight described species in Cytilus.
Byrrhus americanus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Listemus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Listemus.
Byrrhus cyclophorus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Listemus kootenai is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Byrrhus kirbyi is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Morychus oblongus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Eusomalia is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There is one described species in Eusomalia, E. lecontei.
Porcinolus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least three described species in Porcinolus.
Lioon simplicipes is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Byrrhus geminatus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
Cytilus alternatus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.
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