Megataphrus

Megataphrus is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least three described species in Megataphrus.[1][2][3][4]

Megataphrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Zopheridae
Subfamily:	Colydiinae
Tribe:	Synchitini
Genus:	Megataphrus Casey, 1890

Species

These three species belong to the genus Megataphrus:

• Megataphrus arizonicus Stephan, 1989
• Megataphrus chandleri Stephan, 1989
• Megataphrus tenuicornis Casey, 1890

References

1. "Megataphrus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Megataphrus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Megataphrus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Ivie, Michael A.; Lord, Nathan P.; Foley, Ian A.; Slipinski, S. Adam (2016). "Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the new World: A Key and Nomenclatural Acts 30 Years in the Making". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (4): 755–788. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.755. S2CID 89622091.

Further reading

• Casey, T. L. (1890). "Coleopterological notices. II". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 5 (1): 307–504. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1890.tb57008.x.
• Ivie, Michael A. (2002). "Family 103: Colydiidae Erichson, 1845". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 445–453. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam; Lawrence, John F. (1999). "Phylogeny and classification of Zopheridae sensu novo (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with a review of the genera of Zopherinae (excluding Monommatini)". Annales Zoologici. 49 (1): 1–53. ISSN 0003-4541.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.