Plegaderus

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

Plegaderus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 30 described species in Plegaderus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plegaderus dissectus

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Plegaderus:

• Plegaderus adonis Marseul, 1876
• Plegaderus barbelini Marseul, 1862
• Plegaderus caesus (Herbst, 1791)
• Plegaderus comonforti Marseul, 1862
• Plegaderus confusus Bousquet & Laplante, 1999
• Plegaderus consors Horn, 1873
• Plegaderus convergens Casey, 1916
• Plegaderus cribratus Casey, 1893
• Plegaderus densus Casey, 1916
• Plegaderus discisus Erichson, 1839
• Plegaderus dissectus Erichson, 1839
• Plegaderus erichsoni LeConte, 1863
• Plegaderus fortesculptus Reitter, 1897
• Plegaderus fraternus Horn, 1870
• Plegaderus marseuli Reitter, 1877
• Plegaderus molestus Casey, 1893
• Plegaderus monachus Marseul, 1870
• Plegaderus nitidus Horn, 1870
• Plegaderus obesus Casey, 1916
• Plegaderus otti Marseul, 1856
• Plegaderus pygidialis Casey, 1916
• Plegaderus rigidus Casey, 1893
• Plegaderus sanatus Truqui, 1852
• Plegaderus saucius Erichson, 1834
• Plegaderus sayi Marseul, 1856
• Plegaderus setulosus Ross, 1938
• Plegaderus shikokensis Hisamatsu, 1985
• Plegaderus sulcatus Casey
• Plegaderus transversus (Say, 1825)
• Plegaderus vegrandis Casey
• Plegaderus vulneratus (Panzer, 1797)

References

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

Further reading

• Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN   978-83-7583-3171.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.

External links

• Media related to Plegaderus at Wikimedia Commons