Cillaeinae is a subfamily of sap-feeding beetles in the family Nitidulidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 150 described species in Cillaeinae.[1][2]
| Cillaeinae | |
|---|---|
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| Conotelus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Nitidulidae |
| Subfamily: | Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk & Audisio in Kirejtshuk, 1986 |
Genera edit
- Apetasimus Sharp in Sharp and Scott, 1908
- Brachypeplus Erichson, 1842
- Cillaeopeplus Sharp in Sharp and Scott, 1908
- Colopterus Erichson, 1842
- Conotelus Erichson, 1843
- Eupetinus Sharp in Sharp and Scott, 1908
- Gonioryctus Sharp, 1878
- Orthostolus Sharp in Sharp and Scott, 1908
- Prosopeus Murray, 1864
References edit
- ^ "Cillaeinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Cillaeinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.
- Habeck, Dale H. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 77. Nitidulidae Latreille 1802". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 311–315.
- Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779–1006.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.