Rhizophagus

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: Cucujoidea

Familia: Monotomidae
Subfamilia: Rhizophaginae
Genus: Rhizophagus
Subgenera: R. (Anomophagus) – R. (Cyanostolus) – R. (Eurhizophagus) – R. (Rhizophagus)
Name

Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793
References

Case 2783. Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792, Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792, Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793 and Colon Herbst, 1797 (Insecta: Coleoptera): proposed conservation as the correct spellings, and proposed conservation of Lyctus bipustulatus Fabricius, 1792 as the type species of Rhizophagus.
Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792, Dorcatoma Herbst, 1792, Rhizophagus Herbst, 1793 and Colon Herbst, 1797 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved as the correct original spellings, and Lyctus bipustulatus Fabricius, 1792 ruled to be the type species of Rhizophagus.
Jelínek, J.; Audisio, P. 2009: The Kateretidae, Nitidulidae and Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) described by Gistel (1856, 1857): new synonymies and type designations. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49: 225–238. Abstract
Johnson, C. 1964. The British species of the genus Rhizophagus Herbst (Coleoptera, Rhizophagidae). Proceedings and transactions, Manchester Entomological Society 1961-1963: 3–9. Reference page.

Rhizophagus is a genus of beetles in the family Monotomidae, containing the following species:[1]

Rhizophagus aeneus Richter, 1820
Rhizophagus approximatus LeConte, 1866
Rhizophagus atticus Tozer, 1968
Rhizophagus beasoni Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Rhizophagus brancsiki Reitter, 1905
Rhizophagus brunneus Horn, 1879
Rhizophagus championi Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus cribratus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Rhizophagus cylindricus Stephens, 1830
Rhizophagus depressus (Fabricius, 1792)
Rhizophagus dimidiatus Mannerheim, 1843
Rhizophagus dispar (Paykull, 1800)
Rhizophagus ferrugineus (Paykull, 1800)
Rhizophagus galbus Bousquet, 1990
Rhizophagus ghumus Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus grandis Gyllenhal, 1827
Rhizophagus grouvellei Méquignon, 1913
Rhizophagus indicus (Méquignon, 1913)
Rhizophagus intermedius Apfelbeck, 1916
Rhizophagus japonicus Reitter, 1884
Rhizophagus kali Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus lineatus Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus longiceps Casey, 1916
Rhizophagus microps Jelínek, 1984
Rhizophagus minutus Mannerheim, 1853
Rhizophagus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1798)
Rhizophagus nobilis (Lewis, 1893)
Rhizophagus oblongicollis Blatch & Horner, 1892
Rhizophagus pahalgamus Sen Gupta & Biswas, 1977
Rhizophagus paralellicollis Gyllenhal, 1827
Rhizophagus parviceps Reitter, 1884
Rhizophagus parvulus (Paykull, 1800)
Rhizophagus perforatus Erichson, 1845
Rhizophagus picipes (Olivier, 1790)
Rhizophagus pratapi Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus procerus Casey, 1884
Rhizophagus protensus Reitter, 1890
Rhizophagus pseudobrunneus Bousquet, 1990
Rhizophagus puncticollis (Sahlberg, 1837)
Rhizophagus pusillus Bousquet, 1990
Rhizophagus remotus LeConte, 1866
Rhizophagus rufus Stephens, 1830
Rhizophagus sayi Schaeffer, 1913
Rhizophagus sculpturatus Mannerheim, 1842
Rhizophagus similaris Reitter, 1876
Rhizophagus simplex Reitter, 1884
Rhizophagus singularis Sen Gupta & De, 1988
Rhizophagus subtilis Reitter, 1872
Rhizophagus subvillosus Reitter, 1884
Rhizophagus suturalis Jelinek, 1965
Rhizophagus unicolor (Lucas, 1846)
Rhizophagus ussuriensis Nikitsky, 1984

References

Monotomidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.