Xerasia

Xerasia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Byturidae
Genus:	Xerasia Lewis, 1895

Xerasia is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are four described species in Xerasia. ^[1]

Species

• Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
• Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
• Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer, 1988
• Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895

References

1. C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78

Further reading

• Springer, Charles A.; Goodrich, Michael A. (1991). "Family: Byturidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.^{[ dead link ]}
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-8788757675.