Brachypterus

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea
Familia: Kateretidae
Genus: Brachypterus
Species: B. aeneomicans – B. curtulus – B. fulvipes – B. glaber – B. horii – B. kaszabi – B. kraatzi – B. labiatus – B. longicollis – B. longimanus – B. proximus – B. rotundicollis – B. urticae – B. velatus – B. viridinitens – B. yukikoae
Name

Brachypterus Kugelann, 1794
References

The genus Brachypterus (Kateretidae) - atlas of Russia

Brachypterus is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about 18 described species in Brachypterus.[1][2][3]
Brachypterus glaber, Deeside, North Wales, July 2015 (25628339958).jpg

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Brachypterus:

Brachypterus aeneomicans Wollaston, 1865
Brachypterus capensis
Brachypterus curtulus Wollaston, 1864
Brachypterus exaratus Dejean, 1836
Brachypterus fulvipes Erichson, 1843
Brachypterus glaber (Newman, 1834)
Brachypterus globularius Murray, 1864
Brachypterus horii (Hisamatsu, 1976)
Brachypterus labiatus Erichson, 1843
Brachypterus longimanus (Wollaston, 1864)
Brachypterus minutus Dejean, 1836
Brachypterus rotundicollis Murray, 1864
Brachypterus schaefferi Grouvelle, 1912
Brachypterus troglodytes Murray, 1864
Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792) (nettle pollen beetle)
Brachypterus velatus Wollaston, 1863
Brachypterus viridinitens Har.Lindberg, 1950
Brachypterus yukikoae (Hisamatsu, 1976)

References

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

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

Further reading

Price, Michele B.; Young, Daniel K. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Wisconsin sap and short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Kateretidae)". Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 69–84. ISSN 0749-6737.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.