Selviria (beetle)

Selviria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Eupariini
Genus:	Selviria Stebnicka, 1999

Selviria is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least two described species in Selviria, both found in Brazil. Selviria matogrossoensis has been reported in a nest of fire ants. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Selviria:

• Selviria anneae Stebnicka, 2005 ^{c g}
• Selviria matogrossoensis Stebnicka, 1999 ^{c g}

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

References

1. "Browse Selviria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
2. Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles" . Retrieved 2018-05-17.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-05-17.
4. "Selviria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-17.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• 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 (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.