Ligyrus is a genus of beetles in the tribe Pentodontini, from the Americas. It was originally erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1847, then merged with the genus Tomarus, then restored by M.M. López-García and C. Deloya in 2022.[1]

Ligyrus
Ligyrus gibbosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Pentodontini
Genus: Ligyrus
Burmeister, 1847
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Species

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The following are included in BioLib.cz:[2]

subgenus Ligyrodes Casey, 1915
  1. Ligyrus peruvianus Endrödi, 1970
  2. Ligyrus relictus (Say, 1825)
  3. Ligyrus sallaei Bates, 1888
subgenus Ligyrus Burmeister, 1847
  1. Ligyrus adoceteus (Ratcliffe & Cave, 2010)
  2. Ligyrus allonasutus López-García & Deloya, 2022
  3. Ligyrus bidentulus Fairmaire, 1892
  4. Ligyrus burmeisteri Steinheil, 1872
  5. Ligyrus cicatricosus Prell, 1937
  6. Ligyrus cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801)
  7. Ligyrus fossor Latreille, 1833
  8. Ligyrus gibbosus (DeGeer, 1774) - the carrot beetle
  9. Ligyrus nasutus (Burmeister, 1847)
  10. Ligyrus neglectus (LeConte, 1847)
  11. Ligyrus pullus Prell, 1937
  12. Ligyrus rubripes Boheman, 1858
  13. Ligyrus villosus (Burmeister, 1847)

References

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  1. ^ López-García, Margarita M.; Deloya, Cuauhtémoc (11 November 2022). "Cladistic analysis reveals polyphyly of Tomarus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): new classification and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 5211 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5211.1.1. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz: genus Ligyrus Burmeister, 1847 (retrieved 21 March 2024)
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