Sandalus

Sandalus
Sandalus niger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Rhipiceridae
Genus:	Sandalus Knoch, 1801
Synonyms
PtyocerusThunberg, 1806 MicrorhipisGuérin-Méneville, 1831 MegarhipisLaporte, 1834 PtiocerusLaporte, 1834 (Emend.) DemodocusGuérin-Méneville, 1843

Sandalus is a genus of cicada parasite beetles in the family Rhipiceridae.

Species

• Sandalus atricolor Picco, 1916
• Sandalus attenuatus (Laporte, 1834)
• Sandalus bowkeri Péringuey, 1888
• Sandalus californicus (LeConte, 1861)
• Sandalus capensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Sandalus castanescens Fairmaire, 1897
• Sandalus costipennis Boheman, 1851
• Sandalus cribricollis Van Dyke, 1923 ^[1]
• Sandalus distinctus Péringuey, 1888
• Sandalus goryi (Laporte, 1834)
• Sandalus insuleatus Pic, 1923
• Sandalus kani Sakai & Sakai, 1981 ^[2]
• Sandalus marginatus Péringuey, 1888
• Sandalus mystacinus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Sandalus nebulosus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Sandalus niger Knoch, 1801 ^[3]
• Sandalus petrophya Knoch, 1801 ^[3]
• Sandalus porosus LeConte, 1868
• Sandalus proximus Péringuey, 1888
• Sandalus punctulatus Boheman, 1851
• Sandalus randyi Schnepp & Powell, 2018 ^[1]
• Sandalus sauteri Emden, 1924 ^[2]
• Sandalus segnis Lewis, 1887 ^[2]
• Sandalus subelongatus Picco, 1907
• Sandalus taiwanicus Lee, Satô & Sakai, 2005 ^[2]

References

1. Schnepp, Kyle E.; Powell, Gareth S. (2018-06-20). "A New Species of Sandalus Knoch (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae), with an Updated Key to the Species of the Eastern USA". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 72 (2). Coleopterists Society: 241. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-72.2.241. ISSN   0010-065X.
2. Lee, C.-F.; Satô, M.; Sakai, M. (2005-10-01). "(PDF) The Rhipiceridae of Taiwan and Japan (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dascilloidea)". Zoological Studies. 44 (4). Springer Nature: 437–444. ISSN   1021-5506 . Retrieved 2025-02-01.
3. Evans, Arthur V; Steury, Brent W (2012-01-01). "The Cicada Parasite Beetles (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) of Virginia. Evans, A.V. and B.W. Steury. 2012. The Cicada Parasite beetles (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) of Virginia". Banisteria. 39: 65–70. Retrieved 2025-02-01.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Media related to Sandalus at Wikimedia Commons