Pytho (beetle)
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Pythidae |
| Genus: | Pytho Latreille, 1796 |
Pytho is a genus of dead log beetles in the family Pythidae. There are about nine described species in Pytho.[1][2][3][4]
Species
- Pytho abieticola Sahlberg, 1875
- Pytho americanus Kirby, 1837
- Pytho depressus Linnaeus, 1767
- Pytho kolwensis Sahlberg, 1833
- Pytho niger Kirby, 1837
- Pytho nivalis Lewis, 1888
- Pytho planus Olivier, 1795
- Pytho seidlitzi Blair, 1925
- Pytho strictus LeConte, 1866
References
- ↑ "Pytho Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/15846. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ↑ "Pytho Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=708211. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ↑ "Pytho Overview". http://eol.org/pages/103845/overview. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ↑ "Browse Pytho". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/37d545080b7ab9790424f4d6b4fa8be3. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002.
- Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Le Conte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732.
- Pollock, Darren A. (2002). Family 114. Pythidae Solier 1834. CRC Press. 537–539. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- "A Check List of the Insects of North America: Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica (Entomological Information Services) 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera: 41–820. 1996.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894.
Wikidata ☰ Q3328484 entry
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