Microchaetes

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: Byrrhoidea

Familia: Byrrhidae
Subfamilia: Syncalyptinae
Genus: Microchaetes
Species (9): M. australis – M. bryophilus – M. fascicularis – M. hystricosus – M. minor – M. scoparius – M. setosus – M. sphaericus – M. tuberculatus
Name

Microchaetes Hope, 1834: 12
Original status: valid genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Microchaetes sphaericus Hope, 1834
Fixation: monotypy

References

Hope, F.W. 1834: Descriptions of some hitherto uncharacterized exotic Coleoptera, chiefly from New Holland. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 11–20, plates I-II. BHL. Reference page.
Pütz, A. 2004: Fourth contribution to the knowledge of the Byrrhidae of Japan (Col., Byrrhidae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 48(1): 39–42. [not seen]