Byturus

Byturus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Byturidae
Genus:	Byturus; Latreille, 1796

Byturus is a genus of fruitworm beetles in the family Byturidae. There are about seven described species in Byturus, found mainly in Europe, North America, and eastern Asia.¹

Species

These species are members of the genus Byturus:²³

Byturus affinis Reitter, 1874
Byturus holzschuhi Hava, 2025
Byturus oblongulus Fairmaire, 1891
Byturus ochraceus (Scriba, 1791)
Byturus tomentosus (De Geer, 1774)
Byturus unicolor Say, 1823 (raspberry fruitworm)
Byturus wittmeri Sen Gupta

References

C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78
Háva, Jiří (2025). "A new Byturus Latreille, 1797 species from China, with a list of known Byturidae (Coleoptera) of the world". Taxonomical Series. 21. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
"GBIF, Byturus". Retrieved 2026-05-23.

External links

Citizen science observations for Byturus at iNaturalist

[Springer94-1] C.A. Springer & M.A. Goodrich (1994) A Revision of the Subfamily Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae) from Southeast Asia, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 60-78

[hava2025-2] Háva, Jiří (2025). "A new Byturus Latreille, 1797 species from China, with a list of known Byturidae (Coleoptera) of the world". Taxonomical Series. 21. Retrieved 2026-05-23.

[gbif-3] "GBIF, Byturus". Retrieved 2026-05-23.

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