Psiloscelis

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: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Histeroidea

Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Histerinae
Tribus: Histerini
Genus: Psiloscelis
Species: P. planipes
Name
Psiloscelis Marseul, 1853

Psiloscelis is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are about 8 described species in Psiloscelis.[1][2][3]
Species

Psiloscelis abnormalis Mann, 1924
Psiloscelis albertensis Bousquet and Laplante, 2006
Psiloscelis corrosa Casey, 1893
Psiloscelis millepora Casey, 1916
Psiloscelis perpunctata (J. L. LeConte, 1880)
Psiloscelis planipes (J. L. LeConte, 1852)
Psiloscelis repleta (J. E. LeConte, 1845)
Psiloscelis subopaca (J. L. LeConte, 1863)

References

"Psiloscelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
"Psiloscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

"Psiloscelis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

Further reading

Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.