Lioon

Lioon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Byrrhidae
Tribe:	Simplocariini
Genus:	Lioon Casey, 1912

Lioon is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least four described species in Lioon. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Lioon:

• Lioon nezperce Johnson, 1991
• Lioon puncticeps Casey
• Lioon simplicipes (Mannerheim, 1852)
• Lioon speculare Casey

References

1. "Lioon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Lioon". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Lioon genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Johnson, Paul J. (1991). "Taxonomic reviews of Lioon Casey and Listemus Casey, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93 (3): 709–718. ISSN   0013-8797.
• Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID   25113351.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.