Leptinus

Leptinus
Leptinus occidentamericanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Subfamily:	Platypsyllinae
Genus:	Leptinus Müller, 1817

Leptinus is a genus of mammal-nest beetles in the family Leiodidae, sometimes referred to as "mouse nest beetles". ^[1] There are at least 3 described species in Leptinus. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

• Leptinus americanus LeConte, 1866
• Leptinus occidentamericanus Peck, 1982
• Leptinus orientamericanus Peck, 1982

References

1. BugGuide
2. "Leptinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "Leptinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

• Majka C, Langor D (2008). "The Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada: new records, faunal composition, and zoogeography". ZooKeys 2: 357–402.
• Peck, Stewart B. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, eds. (2001). "Family 19. Leiodidae Fleming, 1821". American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia, 250–258.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• 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.