Astylus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Astylus

Astylus atromaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Melyridae
Subfamily:  | Melyrinae
Tribe:  | Astylini
Genus:  | Astylus
Laporte, 1836

Astylus gayi

Astylus is a genus of beetles in the family Melyridae. More than 110 species have been described in Astylus. They are found in Central and South America.[1][2][3][4]

## Species

* Astylus antis
* Astylus atromaculatus
* Astylus aulicus
* Astylus bonplandi
* Astylus bourgeoisi
* Astylus cyanerythrus
* Astylus forcipatus
* Astylus gayi
* Astylus lebasi
* Astylus octopustulatus
* Astylus quadrilineatus
* Astylus rubripennis
* Astylus sexmaculatus
* Astylus trifasciatus
* Astylus variegatus
* Astylus vittaticollis
* Astylus vittatus

## References

1. ↑ "Astylus". https://www.gbif.org/species/3264022. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
2. ↑ Constantin, Robert (2011). "A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836, in Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Melyridae)". Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 33. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277012785.
3. ↑ Champion, George Charles (1918). "Notes on various species of the American genus Astylus, Cast., with descriptions of their sexual characters [Coleoptera]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 2 (10): 337–367. doi:10.1080/00222931808562378.
4. ↑ Bocakova, M.; Constantin, R.; Bocak, L. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the melyrid lineage (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)". Cladistics 28 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00368.x. PMID 34861761.

## Further reading

* Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.

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