Atractocerus

Atractocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Family:	Lymexylidae
Genus:	Atractocerus; Palisot de Beauvois, 1801
Synonyms
	Atractourus Palisot de Beauvois, 1801 (Lapsus calami); Fusicornis Philippi, 1866; Arractocetus Kurosawa, 1985; Hymaloxylon Kurosawa, 1985; Raractocetus Kurosawa, 1985;

Atractocerus is a genus of beetles in the family Lymexylidae. The most recent revision of the family treats several small or monotypic genera as synonyms of Atractocerus,^[1] though some authors continue to use the older generic names (e.g.^[2]).

Species[edit]

Atractocerus aspoecki (Paulus, 2004)
Atractocerus ater Kraatz, 1895
Atractocerus atricollis Pic, 1955
Atractocerus bicolor Strohmeyer, 1910
Atractocerus bifasciatus Gestro, 1874
Atractocerus blairi Gardner, 1936
Atractocerus brasiliensis Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825
Atractocerus brevicornis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Atractocerus bruijnii Gestro, 1874
Atractocerus crassicornis Clark, 1931
Atractocerus emarginatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1836
Atractocerus gracilicornis Schenkling, 1914
Atractocerus kreuslerae Pascoe, 1864
Atractocerus monticola Kurosawa, 1985
Atractocerus morio Pascoe, 1860
Atractocerus niger Strohmeyer, 1910
Atractocerus nipponicus Nakane, 1985
Atractocerus procerus Schenkling, 1914
Atractocerus quercus Gardner, 1935
Atractocerus reversus Walker, 1858
Atractocerus siebersi Karny, 1922
Atractocerus tasmaniensis Lea, 1917
Atractocerus termiticola Wasmann, 1902
Atractocerus tonkineus Pic, 1948
Atractocerus valdivianus (Philippi, 1866)
Atractocerus victoriensis Blackburn, 1891

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References[edit]

^ Wheeler, Q. D. (1986). Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183:113-210
^ Paulus, H.F. (2004) Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., der erste Vertreter der tropischen Atractocerinae in Europa, sowie eine Beschreibung von Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. aus Yunnan (China) (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status). Denisia, 13 (17.09.2004): 277-290
^ Lymexylidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.

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[1] Wheeler, Q. D. (1986). Revision of the genera of Lymexylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 183:113-210

[2] Paulus, H.F. (2004) Urtea graeca nov. gen. et nov. spec., der erste Vertreter der tropischen Atractocerinae in Europa, sowie eine Beschreibung von Hymaloxylon aspoecki nov. spec. aus Yunnan (China) (Coleoptera, Cucujiformia, Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae nov. status). Denisia, 13 (17.09.2004): 277-290

[3] Lymexylidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.

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