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Trigonogenius

Trigonogenius is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are five or six described species in Trigonogenius.

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Trigonogenius
Trigonogenius globulum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Ptininae
Tribe: Ptinini
Genus: Trigonogenius
Solier, 1849
Type species
Trigonogenius globulum (Solier, 1849)1

Trigonogenius is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are five or six described species in Trigonogenius.2345

Species

  • Trigonogenius denticulatus Wichmann & H.E., 1915a
  • Trigonogenius fallax Hagedorn, 1912c
  • Trigonogenius globulum (Solier, 1849)1 (globular spider beetle)
  • Trigonogenius imitans Eggers, 1920
  • Trigonogenius similis Eggers, 1920
References

References

  1. Solier, A.J.J. 1849. Order III. Coleopteros [Pentamera, Heteromera I]. in Gay, C. Historia Fisica y Política de Chile. Paris : Gay C. Vol. 4 pp. 105-380 (p. 464).[1]
  2. "Trigonogenius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Trigonogenius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa. 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
  • Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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