Niponius

Genus of beetles

Niponius

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Staphyliniformia
Family:  | Histeridae
Subfamily:  | Niponiinae
Fowler, 1912
Genus:  | Niponius
Lewis, 1885

Niponius is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae, the sole genus in the subfamily Niponiinae.[1] There are more than 20 described species in Niponius.[2][3]

## Species

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These 24 species belong to the genus Niponius:

* Niponius andrewesi Lewis, 1893
* Niponius bicolor Gardner, 1935
* Niponius canalicollis Lewis, 1901
* Niponius foveicollis Lewis, 1913
* Niponius furcatus Lewis, 1885
* Niponius himalayensis Gardner, 1926
* Niponius impressicollis Lewis, 1885
* Niponius interstitialis Lewis, 1913
* Niponius magnus Sengupta & Pal, 1995
* Niponius obtusiceps Lewis, 1885
* Niponius osorioceps Lewis, 1885
* Niponius parvulus Lewis, 1893
* Niponius piceae Reichardt, 1933
* Niponius polinae Reichardt, 1936
* Niponius punjabensis Gardner, 1926
* Niponius simplicipygus Reichardt, 1938
* Niponius striaticeps Lewis, 1904
* Niponius substriatus Gardner, 1926
* Niponius tamanukii Kono, 1937
* Niponius tenuis Sengupta & Pal, 1995
* Niponius unidentatus Lewis, 1913
* Niponius unistrius Lewis, 1913
* Niponius variabilis Gardner, 1926
* Niponius yamasakii Miwa, 1934

## References

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1. ^ "Niponiinae Fowler, 1912". BioLib. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
2. ^ "Niponius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
3. ^ "Niponius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-22.

## Further reading

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* Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN 978-83-7583-3171.

Taxon identifiers

Niponius|

* Wikidata: Q14887272
* AFD: Niponius
* BioLib: 638636
* CoL: 63F5P
* EoL: 3378228
* GBIF: 4769753
* IRMNG: 1444104
* ITIS: 803848
* Open Tree of Life: 3352379

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