Xyletinus

Last updated

Xyletinus
Xyletinus.pectinatus.-.calwer.29.11.jpg
X. pectinatus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Xyletininae
Tribe: Xyletinini
Genus: Xyletinus
Latreille, 1809
Subgenera
  • Calypterus
  • Pseudocalypterus
  • Xeronthobius
  • Xyletinus
  • Xyletomimus
Synonyms [1]
  • Xylotinus Sturm, 1826 (Missp.)
  • Xiletinus Stephens, 1829 (Missp.)
  • Xytelinus Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832 (Missp.)
  • Calypterus Mulsant & Godart, 1859
  • Notiomimus Wollaston, 1861
  • Xeronthobius Morawitz, 1863
  • Sternoplus Mulsant & Rey, 1864
  • Xyletomimus Reitter, 1902
  • Ryletinus Zaitsev, 1956 (Missp.)
  • Xylentinus Santoro, 1957 (Missp.)
Xyletinus sp. Xyletinus sp headshot.jpg
Xyletinus sp.

Xyletinus is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae and subfamily Xyletininae. [2]

Contents

Species

These 51 species belong to the genus Xyletinus: [3]

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Geotrupes</i> Genus of beetles

Geotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geotrupes.

<i>Lasioderma</i> Genus of beetles

Lasioderma is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. As of 1990, there were over 50 species in the genus.

<i>Xestobium</i> Genus of beetles

Xestobium is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 described species in Xestobium.

<i>Polyphylla</i> Genus of beetles

Polyphylla is a genus of scarab beetle includes more than 80 species distributed in North and Central America, southern and central Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia—from Asia Minor to Japan. They typically reside in forests and orchards with most being identified by white elytra scales forming stripes. The adult beetles are often attracted to lights. Polyphylla lay their eggs on soil near plants from where the larvae hatch and burrow down to the roots on which they will feed. They reach maturity in two to three years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melandryidae</span> Family of beetles

Melandryidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Members of the family are found worldwide, with around 420 species in 60 genera. Larvae and adults are generally associated with rotting wood and wood-decomposing fungi.

<i>Trichodes</i> Genus of beetles

Trichodes is a genus of checkered beetle belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae.

<i>Phaleria</i> (beetle) Genus of beetles

Phaleria is a genus of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.

<i>Cerylon</i> Genus of beetles

Cerylon is a genus of minute bark beetles in the family Cerylonidae. There are about 11 described species in Cerylon.

<i>Temnoscheila</i> Genus of beetles

Temnoscheila is a genus of bark-gnawing beetles in the family Trogossitidae, historically often misspelled as "Temnochila". There are about 19 described species in Temnoscheila.

<i>Mycetophagus</i> Genus of beetles

Mycetophagus is a genus of hairy fungus beetles in the family Mycetophagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Mycetophagus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthophagini</span> Tribe of beetles

Anthophagini is a tribe of ocellate rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 genera and 20 described species in Anthophagini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dendrometrinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

Dendrometrinae is a very large subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae, containing 10 tribes worldwide, including several formerly recognized subfamily-rank groups such as Athoinae, Crepidomeninae, Denticollinae, Oxynopterinae, Prosterninae, and Semiotinae now all reduced to tribal rank or lower.

<i>Mycetochara</i> Genus of beetles

Mycetochara is a genus of comb-clawed beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Mycetochara.

<i>Pedilus</i> Genus of beetles

Pedilus is a genus of fire-colored beetles in the family Pyrochroidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pedilus.

<i>Tenebroides</i> Genus of beetles

Tenebroides is a genus of bark-gnawing beetles in the family Trogossitidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tenebroides.

<i>Mesites</i> (beetle) Genus of beetles

Mesites is a genus of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Mesites.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Synchitini</span> Tribe of beetles

Synchitini is a tribe of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 19 genera and at least 40 described species in Synchitini.

Melba is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 13 described species in Melba.

References

  1. 1 2 "Xyletinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska: Anobiidae. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes.
  3. Xyletinus. Fauna Europaea.
  4. "Browse Xyletinus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. "Xyletinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. "Xyletinus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.