Ptilophorus

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: Ptilophorinae
Genus: Ptilophorus
Species (23): P. afghanicus – P. dufourii – P. fallax – P. fischeri – P. hauseri – P. plumicornis – P. purcharti – P. wrightii – ...
Name

Ptilophorus Dejean, 1834
Synonymy

Evaniocera Guérin-Ménéville in Guérin-Ménéville & Percheron, 1835
Toposcopus LeConte 1868

References

Falin, Z.H. 2014: Notes on the generic assignment of Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte 1868) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), with a diagnosis of the genus. Pan-Pacific entomologist, 90(1): 44–46. DOI: 10.3956/2014-90.1.44 Reference page.
Schilder, F.A. 1925: Rhipiphoriden-Studien. VII. Monographie des genus Ptilophorus Dejean (1833) [sic!]. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1925 (2): 129–146. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.192519250204

Ptilophorus is a genus of wedge-shaped beetles in the family Ripiphoridae. There are at least three described species in Ptilophorus.[1][2][3]
Species

These three species belong to the genus Ptilophorus:

Ptilophorus dufourii (Latreille, 1817)
Ptilophorus fischeri Ménétriés
Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte, 1868)

References

"Ptilophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Ptilophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

"Ptilophorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

Falin, Zachary H. (2014). "Notes on the generic assignment of Ptilophorus wrightii (LeConte 1868) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae), with a diagnosis of the genus". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 90 (1): 44–46. doi:10.3956/2014-90.1.44.
Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN 978-83-935107-9-5.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.