Belotus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Elateroidea

Familia: Cantharidae
Subfamilia: Chauliognathinae
Tribus: Chauliognathini
Genus: Belotus
Species:
Name

Belotus Gorham, 1881

Primary references

Gorham 1881: Biol. Centr. Amer., Zool., Col., 3 (2), 99.

References

Brancucci, M. 1979: Revision du genre Belotus Gorham (Col. Cantharidae). Entomologica basiliensia, 4: 361–430. [not seen]
Brancucci, M. 1981: Notes sur le genre Belotus et description de deux nouveaux taxons (Col. Cantharidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 54(1-2): 133–137. [not seen]

Belotus is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least four described species in Belotus.[1][2][3]
Species

These four species belong to the genus Belotus:

Belotus abdominalis (LeConte, 1851)
Belotus antillarum Leng & Mutchler
Belotus bicolor Brancucci, 1979
Belotus minutus Leng & Mutchler

References

"Belotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Belotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Belotus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

Brancucci, M. (1979). "Révision du genre Belotus Gorham (Col. Cantharidae)". Entomologica Basiliensia. 4: 361–430. ISSN 0253-2484.
Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.