Pelonomus

Pelonomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Dryopidae
Genus:	Pelonomus Erichson, 1847
Synonyms [1]
Oberonus Casey, 1893 Parnoides Kuwert, 1900

Pelonomus is a genus of long-toed water beetles in the family Dryopidae. There are about five described species in Pelonomus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These five species belong to the genus Pelonomus:

• Pelonomus griseus Blatchley & Leng, 1916
• Pelonomus impressiventris Blatchl. & Leng, 1916
• Pelonomus obscurus Leconte, 1852
• Pelonomus palpalis Sharp, 1882
• Pelonomus picipes (Olivier, 1791)

References

1. "Pelonomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Pelonomus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Pelonomus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Dryopidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
• 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.