Plegaderus

Plegaderus
Plegaderus caesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Tribe:	Abraeini
Genus:	Plegaderus Erichson, 1834

Plegaderus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 20 described species in Plegaderus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plegaderus dissectus

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Plegaderus:

• Plegaderus adonis Marseul, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus barbelini Marseul, 1862 ^{i c g b}
• Plegaderus caesus (Herbst, 1791) ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus comonforti Marseul, 1862 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus confusus Bousquet & Laplante, 1999 ^{i c g b}
• Plegaderus consors Horn, 1873 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus convergens Casey, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus cribratus Casey, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus densus Casey, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus discisus Erichson, 1839 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus dissectus Erichson, 1839 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus fortesculptus Reitter, 1897 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus fraternus Horn, 1870 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus marseuli Reitter, 1877 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus molestus Casey, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus monachus Marseul, 1870 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus nitidus Horn, 1870 ^{i c g b}
• Plegaderus obesus Casey, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus otti Marseul, 1856 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus pygidialis Casey, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus rigidus Casey, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus sanatus Truqui, 1852 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus saucius Erichson, 1834 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus sayi Marseul, 1856 ^{i c g b}
• Plegaderus setulosus Ross, 1938 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus shikokensis Hisamatsu, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Plegaderus transversus (Say, 1825) ^{i c g b}
• Plegaderus vulneratus (Panzer, 1797) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Plegaderus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Browse Plegaderus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Plegaderus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "Plegaderus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

• 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. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989.
• Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books. ISBN   87-88757-31-5.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Majka, Christopher G. (2008). "Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (2): 189–202. doi:10.3897/zookeys.2.3. ISSN   1313-2989.
• Mazur, Slawomir (1997). A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus, International Journal of Invertebrate Taxonomy (Supplement). Polish Taxonomical Society. ISBN   83-902025-8-1.
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN   87-88757-74-9.
• 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 Plegaderus at Wikimedia Commons