Periptyctus

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: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Corylophidae
Subfamilia: Periptyctinae
Genus: Periptyctus
Species: P. bicolor – P. brevicornis – P. brunneus – P. bryophilus – P. bunya – P. calderi – P. elongatus – P. emarginatus – P. eximius – P. kosciuszko – P. latericollis – P. lescheni – P. monteithi – P. newtonorum – P. niger – P. peckorum – P. pubescens – P. quadripunctatus – P. russulus – P. testaceus – P. victoriensis – P. weiri
Name

Periptyctus Blackburn, 1895
Synonyms

Periptyctus Blackburn, 1895: 234

Type species

Periptyctus russulus Blackburn, 1895, by monotypy

References

Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 201–258. BHL Reference page.
Ślipiński, S.A.; Lawrence, J.F.; Tomaszewska, W. 2001: The placement of Periptyctus Blackburn in Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of a new genus and subfamily. Annales zoologici 51(3): 311-317. Full article (PDF) on ResearchGate Reference page.
Tomaszewska, K.W.; Ślipiński, S.A. 2002: A review of the genus Periptyctus Blackburn (Coleoptera: Corylophidae). Annales zoologici 52(4): 499-532. Reference page.