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Genus of beetles

Xerasia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Byturidae
Genus:	Xerasia Lewis, 1895

Xerasia is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are four described species in Xerasia.

Species

Xerasia grisescens (Jayne, 1882)
Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905)
Xerasia punica Goodrich & Springer, 1988
Xerasia variegata Lewis, 1895

References

C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78

Further reading

Springer, Charles A.; Goodrich, Michael A. (1991). "Family: Byturidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

Taxon identifiers
Xerasia	Wikidata: Q18113644 Wikispecies: Xerasia BioLib: 10597 BugGuide: 37624 CoL: 8948 Fauna Europaea: 103055 Fauna Europaea (new): 15c98d4b-676e-4146-ba1e-1e217367382b GBIF: 1043757 iNaturalist: 318475 IRMNG: 1252081 ITIS: 708153 NCBI: 153021 Open Tree of Life: 796618

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