Astylus

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]

Astylus
Astylus atromaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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". GBIF. 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.
  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. S2CID 84573298.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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