Biology:Megataphrus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Zopheridae |
| Subfamily: | Colydiinae |
| Tribe: | Synchitini |
| Genus: | Megataphrus Casey, 1890 |
Megataphrus is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are at least three described species in Megataphrus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These three species belong to the genus Megataphrus:
- Megataphrus arizonicus Stephan, 1989
- Megataphrus chandleri Stephan, 1989
- Megataphrus tenuicornis Casey, 1890
References
- ↑ "Megataphrus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=706127. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Megataphrus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1045286. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Megataphrus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/458614. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Ivie, Michael A.; Lord, Nathan P.; Foley, Ian A.; Slipinski, S. Adam (2016). "Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the new World: A Key and Nomenclatural Acts 30 Years in the Making". The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (4): 755–788. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.755. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/14128.
Further reading
- Casey, T. L. (1890). "Coleopterological notices. II". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 5 (1): 307–504. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1890.tb57008.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/245301.
- Ivie, Michael A. (2002). "Family 103: Colydiidae Erichson, 1845". American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 445–453. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam; Lawrence, John F. (1999). "Phylogeny and classification of Zopheridae sensu novo (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with a review of the genera of Zopherinae (excluding Monommatini)". Annales Zoologici 49 (1): 1–53. ISSN 0003-4541. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289702832.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q14927281 entry
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