Tyrus (beetle)

Tyrus
Tyrus mucronatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subtribe:	Tyrina
Genus:	Tyrus Aubé, 1833
Synonyms [1]
Pseudotyrus Raffray, 1890 Pytna Casey, 1887

Tyrus is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about five described species in Tyrus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These five species belong to the genus Tyrus:

• Tyrus corticinus (Casey, 1887) ^{i c b}
• Tyrus humeralis (Aubé, 1844) ^{i c g}
• Tyrus mucronatus (Panzer, 1803) ^g
• Tyrus peyroni Saulcy, 1874 ^g
• Tyrus semiruber Casey, 1897 ^{i c g b}

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

References

1. "Tyrus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
2. "Browse Tyrus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "Tyrus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Tyrus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

• Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 . PMC   3392188 . PMID   22792029.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-29685-5.