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Byrrhus
Byrrhus arietinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Byrrhidae
Tribe:	Byrrhini
Genus:	Byrrhus Linnaeus, 1767

Byrrhus is a genus of pill beetles in the family Byrrhidae. There are at least 30 described species in Byrrhus.

The correct date for this genus is 1767 (#195), as it was not listed in 1758. B. pilula (Linnaeus, 1758) was listed under the genus Dermestes in the 10th edition (#18).

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Byrrhus:

• Byrrhus alpinus Gory, 1829
• Byrrhus americanus LeConte, 1850
• Byrrhus arietinus Steffahny, 1842
• Byrrhus auromicans Kiesenwetter, 1851
• Byrrhus concolor Kirby, 1837
• Byrrhus crenulatus Rossi, 1794
• Byrrhus cyclophorus Kirby, 1837
• Byrrhus derrei Allemand, 1987
• Byrrhus espanoli G.Fiori, 1960
• Byrrhus eximius LeConte, 1850
• Byrrhus fasciatus Forster, 1771
• Byrrhus focarilei Fabbri & Puetz, 1997
• Byrrhus geminatus LeConte, 1854
• Byrrhus gigas Fabricius, 1787
• Byrrhus glabratus Heer, 1841
• Byrrhus kirbyi LeConte, 1854
• Byrrhus lisellae (G.Fiori, 1953)
• Byrrhus luniger Germar, 1817
• Byrrhus murinus Fabricius, 1794
• Byrrhus nicolasi G.Fiori, 1966
• Byrrhus nigrosparsus Chevrolat, 1866
• Byrrhus numidicus Normand, 1935
• Byrrhus occidentalis G.Fiori, 1953
• Byrrhus picipes Duftschmid, 1825
• Byrrhus pilosellus A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1833
• Byrrhus pilula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1771)
• Byrrhus pyrenaeus Dufour, 1834
• Byrrhus rubidus Kugelann, 1792
• Byrrhus rufipes Kugelann, 1792
• Byrrhus signatus Sturm, 1823
• Byrrhus undulatus Kugelann, 1792

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1. ^ "Byrrhus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
2. ^ "Browse Byrrhus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
3. ^ "Byrrhus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
4. ^ "Byrrhus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
5. Systema Naturae 12th edition
6. Systema Naturae 10th edition

Further reading

• Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Byrrhus at Wikimedia Commons

• Byrrhidae