Spodistes

Spodistes is a genus of beetles. It has eight species.

Spodistes
Spodistes mniszechi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Dynastidae
Genus:
Spodistes

(Thomson, 1860)

Distribution and habitat

Spodistes lives in Central America, particularly Costa Rica (most commonly found), Panama and Honduras.[1] The species S. beltianus lives in Costa Rica where nine specimens have been found.[2] The species S. batesi lives in Costa Rica and Panama where five have been found in Costa Rica and four have been found in Panama.

Taxonomy

The genus has eight species that have been identified and they are Spodistes batesi,[3] Spodistes grandis, Spodistes hopei, Spodistes angulicollis, Spodistes mniszechi, Spodistes monzoni, Spodistes armstrongi and Spodistes beltianus.[4]

References
  1. "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Spodistes {genus}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Spodistes beltianus {species}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. "Arthropods". Earth.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. "ADW: Spodistes: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

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