Byrrhus

Life-forms

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
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Byrrhidae
Subfamilia: Byrrhinae
Tribus: Byrrhini
Genus: Byrrhus
Subgenera: B. (Aeneobyrrhus) - B. (Byrrhus) - B. (Pseudobyrrhus) - B. (Seminolus)

Name

Byrrhus Linnaeus, 1767
References

Tshernyshev, S.E. & R. Yu. Dudko 2000: Contribution to the knowledge of the pill beetles (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) of Russia. Russian Entomological Journal 9 (3): 249–254. Full article: [1].

Links

Atlas of pill beetles (Byrrhidae) of Russia

Byrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least 30 described species in Byrrhus.[1][2][3][4]

The correct date for this genus is 1767 [5] (#195), as it was not listed in 1758.[6] B. pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) was listed under the genus Dermestes in the 10th edition (#18).
Byrrhus pustulatus

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Byrrhus:

Byrrhus alpinus Gory, 1829 g
Byrrhus americanus LeConte, 1850 i c g b
Byrrhus arietinus Steffahny, 1842 g
Byrrhus auromicans Kiesenwetter, 1851 g
Byrrhus concolor Kirby, 1837 i c g b
Byrrhus crenulatus Rossi, 1794 g
Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby, 1837 i c g b
Byrrhus derrei Allemand, 1987 g
Byrrhus espanoli G.Fiori, 1960 g
Byrrhus eximius LeConte, 1850 i c g b
Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771 i c g
Byrrhus focarilei Fabbri & Puetz, 1997 g
Byrrhus geminatus LeConte, 1854 i c g b
Byrrhus gigas Fabricius, 1787 g
Byrrhus glabratus Heer, 1841 g
Byrrhus kirbyi LeConte, 1854 i c g b
Byrrhus lisellae (G.Fiori, 1953) g
Byrrhus luniger Germar, 1817 g
Byrrhus murinus Fabricius, 1794 g
Byrrhus nicolasi G.Fiori, 1966 g
Byrrhus nigrosparsus Chevrolat, 1866 g
Byrrhus numidicus Normand, 1935 g
Byrrhus occidentalis G.Fiori, 1953 g
Byrrhus picipes Olivier, 1790 g
Byrrhus pilosellus A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1833 g
Byrrhus pilula Linnaeus, 1758 i c g b
Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1771) g
Byrrhus pyrenaeus Dufour, 1834 g
Byrrhus rubidus Kugelann, 1792 g
Byrrhus rufipes Kugelann, 1792 g
Byrrhus signatus Sturm, 1823 g
Byrrhus undulatus Kugelann, 1792 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Byrrhus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
"Browse Byrrhus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
"Byrrhus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
"Byrrhus Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
Systema Naturae 12th edition

Systema Naturae 10th edition

Further reading

Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.