Astylus

Astylus is a genus of malachite beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America, and in southern Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Astylus
Astylus atromaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Melyrinae
Tribe: Astylini
Genus: Astylus
Laporte, 1836
Astylus gayi

Species

These species are among those in the genus Astylus:

  • Astylus antis
  • Astylus atromaculatus
  • Astylus aulicus
  • Astylus bonplandi
  • Astylus bourgeoisi
  • Astylus cyanerythrus
  • Astylus forcipatus
  • Astylus gayi
  • Astylus lebasi
  • Astylus octopustulatus
  • Astylus quadrilineatus
  • Astylus rubripennis
  • Astylus sexmaculatus
  • Astylus trifasciatus
  • Astylus variegatus
  • Astylus vittaticollis
  • Astylus vittatus

References
  1. "Astylus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. Constantin, Robert (2011). "A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)". Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey. 33.
  3. Champion, George Charles (1918). "Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 2 (10): 337–367. doi:10.1080/00222931808562378.
  4. Bocakova, M.; Constantin, R.; Bocak, L. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Cladistics. 28 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x. S2CID 84573298.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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