Germarostes

Germarostes is a genus of pill scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are at least 70 described species in Germarostes.[1][2][3][4][5]

Germarostes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Hybosoridae
Tribe:	Ceratocanthini
Genus:	Germarostes Paulian, 1982

Species

These 72 species belong to the genus Germarostes:

• Germarostes abruptus (Petrovitz, 1973) ^{c g}
• Germarostes allorgei (Paulian, 1947) ^{c g}
• Germarostes anchicayae Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes antiquus (Erichson, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes aphodioides (Illiger, 1800) ^{i c g b}
• Germarostes argentinus (Ohaus, 1911) ^{c g}
• Germarostes batesi (Harold, 1874) ^{c g}
• Germarostes bidens (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes brunnipes (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes bugabensis (Arrow, 1903) ^{c g}
• Germarostes carinatus (Paulian, 1982) ^c
• Germarostes carltoni Howden & Gill, 2005 ^{c g}
• Germarostes columbianus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes costulatus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes crassicollis (Arrow, 1903) ^c
• Germarostes degallieri Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes diffundus (Petrovitz, 1976) ^{c g}
• Germarostes ecuadoricus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes ecuadoriensis (Petrovitz, 1976) ^{c g}
• Germarostes emarginatus (Poinar, 2014) ^{c g}
• Germarostes excisus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes farri (Howden, 1970) ^{c g}
• Germarostes gaujoni Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes geayi Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes globosus (Say, 1835) ^{i c g b}
• Germarostes guyanensis Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes hamiger (Ohaus, 1911) ^{c g}
• Germarostes haroldi (Arrow, 1911) ^{c g}
• Germarostes heterodynamus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes howdenicus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes indigaceus (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes infantulus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes instriatus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes jamaicensis (Howden, 1978) ^{c g}
• Germarostes leprieuri (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes leticiae Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes macleayi (Perty, 1830) ^{c g}
• Germarostes madeiranus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes malkini Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes metallicus (Harold, 1874) ^{c g}
• Germarostes nasutus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes nigerrimus (Blanchard, 1846) ^{c g}
• Germarostes nitens (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) ^{c g}
• Germarostes oberthuri Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes osellai Ballerio & Gill, 2008 ^{c g}
• Germarostes otonga Ballerio & Gill, 2008 ^{c g}
• Germarostes pauliani (Chalumeau & Cambefort, 1976) ^{c g}
• Germarostes pecki (Howden, 1970) ^{c g}
• Germarostes plicatus (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes posticus (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes pullus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes puncticollis (Erichson, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes punctulatus (Ohaus, 1911) ^{c g}
• Germarostes pusillus (Castelnau, 1840) ^{c g}
• Germarostes pustulosus (Lansberge, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes reticularis (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes rotundatus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes rufopiceus (Arrow, 1903) ^{c g}
• Germarostes rugatus (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes rugiceps (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes salesiacus Paulian, 1982 ^{c g}
• Germarostes semituberculatus (Germar, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes senegalensis (Castelnau, 1840) ^c
• Germarostes sinuatus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes sticticus (Erichson, 1843) ^{c g}
• Germarostes strigilateris (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes sulcipennis (Harold, 1875) ^{c g}
• Germarostes tibialis (Petrovitz, 1973) ^{c g}
• Germarostes tubericauda (Bates, 1891) ^{c g}
• Germarostes viridipennis (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes viridis (Lansberge, 1887) ^{c g}
• Germarostes viridulus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Germarostes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Browse Germarostes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Germarostes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Germarostes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
5. "Germarostes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

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. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.