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Atractocerus

Atractocerus
Atractocerus sp. from Western ghats of India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Lymexyloidea
Family: Lymexylidae
Genus: Atractocerus
Palisot de Beauvois, 1801
Synonyms
  • Atractourus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801 (Lapsus calami)
  • Fusicornis Philippi, 1866
  • Arractocetus Kurosawa, 1985
  • Hymaloxylon Kurosawa, 1985
  • Raractocetus Kurosawa, 1985
Atractocerus brevicornis, South Africa
Atractocerus brasiliensis, México

Atractocerus is a genus of ship-timber beetles in the family Lymexylidae.[1][2]

The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus,[3] though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.[4]).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference itis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gbif was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wheeler, Q. D. (1986). Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183:113-210
  4. ^ Paulus, H.F. (2004) Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., der erste Vertreter der tropischen Atractocerinae in Europa, sowie eine Beschreibung von Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. aus Yunnan (China) (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status). Denisia, 13 (17.09.2004): 277-290

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