Tropicus

Genus of beetles

Tropicus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Heteroceridae
Genus:  | Tropicus
Pacheco, 1964

Tropicus is a genus of variegated mud-loving beetles in the family Heteroceridae. There are more than 30 described species in Tropicus.[1][2][3]

## Species

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These 33 species belong to the genus Tropicus:

* Tropicus alcicornis Mascagni, 1989
* Tropicus aratus Miller, 1992
* Tropicus arawak Bameul, 1995
* Tropicus bartolozzi Mascagni, 1994
* Tropicus bilineatus (Chevrolat, 1864)
* Tropicus braza Miller, 1992
* Tropicus carus Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus cithara Pacheco
* Tropicus davidsoni Mascagni, 1993
* Tropicus debilis (Sharp, 1882)
* Tropicus excellens Miller, 1992
* Tropicus hevelorum Skalický, 2007
* Tropicus imperator Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus infidus Miller, 1992
* Tropicus insidiosus (Grouvelle, 1896)
* Tropicus ladonnae Ivie & Stribling, 1984
* Tropicus lituratus (Kiesenwetter, 1843)
* Tropicus milleri Mascagni, 1993
* Tropicus minutus (Fall, 1920)
* Tropicus nigrellus King and Lago, 2012
* Tropicus niger Skalický, 2007
* Tropicus plaumanni Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus pusillus (Say, 1823)
* Tropicus riosensis Skalický, 2007
* Tropicus sagittarius Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus sparus Miller, 1992
* Tropicus speciosa Miller, 1992
* Tropicus squamosus Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus trifidus Skalický, 2007
* Tropicus trinidadensis Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus tuberculatus Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus tucumanensis Pacheco, 1964
* Tropicus vicinus Miller, 1992

## References

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1. ^ "Tropicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. ^ "Tropicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. ^ "Tropicus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

## Further reading

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* Pacheco, Francisco (1978). "Family: Heteroceridae". 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. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

Taxon identifiers

Tropicus|

* Wikidata: Q14932689
* Wikispecies: Tropicus
* BioLib: 685181
* BOLD: 490697
* BugGuide: 71127
* CoL: 82ZR
* EoL: 2656688
* GBIF: 1033776
* iNaturalist: 178708
* IRMNG: 1411171
* ITIS: 749785
* NCBI: 928838
* Open Tree of Life: 62386

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