Tropicus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Heteroceridae
Subfamilia: Heterocerinae
Tribus: Tropicini
Genus: Tropicus
Name

Tropicus Pacheco, 1964
References

Skalický, S. 2002: New species and new records of Heteroceridae from Argentina and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 72: 169–182.
Skalický, S. 2004: Tropicus migueli n. sp. from Paraguay (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 29(1-2): 11–16.
Skalický, S. 2006: New species of Heteroceridae from Belize (Insecta: Coleoptera). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 31(3-4): 105–109. Abstract
Skalický, S. 2006: New species of Heteroceridae from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Entomological problems, 36(2): 85–90.
Skalický, S. 2006: Description of six new species of genus Tropicus Pacheco, 1964 (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 28: 73–82.
Skalický, S. 2007: New species of Heteroceridae from the New World (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 77: 171–178. PDF
Skalický, S. 2007: Tropicus spangleri sp. nov. from Costa Rica, Panama and Honduras (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Folia Heyrovskyana, 14(3): 105–108.
Skalický, S. 2008: Tropicus manni n. sp. from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 33: 17–25. ISSN: 1019-2808 Abstract
Skalický, S. 2008: New species of Tropicus Pacheco, 1964 from Paraguay and Ecuador (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 30: 27–34. ISSN: 1661-8041 [not seen]
Skalický, S. 2009: New species and new records of Heteroceridae from Peru (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 79: 273–277.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

ropicus is a genus of variegated mud-loving beetles in the family Heteroceridae. There are more than 30 described species in Tropicus.[1][2][3]
Species

These 34 species belong to the genus Tropicus:

Tropicus alcicornis Mascagni, 1989
Tropicus aratus Miller, 1992
Tropicus arawak Bameul, 1995
Tropicus bartolozzi Mascagni, 1994
Tropicus bilineatus (Chevrolat, 1864)
Tropicus braza Miller, 1992
Tropicus carus Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus cithara Pacheco
Tropicus davidsoni Mascagni, 1993
Tropicus debilis (Sharp, 1882)
Tropicus excellens Miller, 1992
Tropicus hevelorum Skalický, 2007
Tropicus imperator Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus infidus Miller, 1992
Tropicus insidiosus (Grouvelle, 1896)
Tropicus ladomae Ivie & Stribling
Tropicus ladonnae Ivie & Stribling, 1984
Tropicus lituratus (Kiesenwetter, 1843)
Tropicus milleri Mascagni, 1993
Tropicus minutus (Fall, 1920)
Tropicus nigellus
Tropicus niger Skalický, 2007
Tropicus plaumanni Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus pusillus (Say, 1823)
Tropicus riosensis Skalický, 2007
Tropicus sagittarius Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus sparus Miller, 1992
Tropicus speciosa Miller, 1992
Tropicus squamosus Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus trifidus Skalický, 2007
Tropicus trinidadensis Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus tuberculatus Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus tucumanensis Pacheco, 1964
Tropicus vicinus Miller, 1992

References

"Tropicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Tropicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

"Tropicus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.