Metoecus

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: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Ripiphoridae
Subfamilia: Ripiphorinae
Tribus: Macrosiagonini
Genus: Metoecus
Species: M. javanus – M. morawitzi – M. paradoxus – M. satanus – M. vespae
Name

Metoecus Dejean, 1834
Synonyms

Metoecus Dejean, 1834
Ripidastes Gistl, 1848
Cyttaroecus Schilder, 1923

References

Batelka, J. 2003: New synonym and notes on the distribution of Metoecus javanus (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Klapalekiana, 39: 199–203. PDF of whole issue pp. 199-262
Nakane, T.; Yamane, S. 1990: A new species of the genus Metoecus Gerstaecker (Coleoptera, Rhipiphoridae) from west Sumatra, Indonesia. South Pacific study, 10: 305–308.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Metoecus is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least five described species in Metoecus.[1]
Species

These five species belong to the genus Metoecus:

Metoecus javanus (Pic, 1913)
Metoecus morawitzi
Metoecus paradoxus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Metoecus satanus (Schilder, 1924)
Metoecus vespae (Kôno, 1927)

References

"Metoecus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 October 2019.