Agapytho
Agapytho is the only genus of beetles in the family Agapythidae. The genus contains a single species, Agapytho foveicollis, found primarily in New Zealand.[1][2][3][4] It is an inhabitant of New Zealands sooty mold habitat.[5]
| Agapytho | |
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| Agapytho foveicollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Agapythidae Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1969 |
| Genus: | Agapytho Broun, 1921 |
| Species: | A. foveicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Agapytho foveicollis Broun, 1921 | |
References
- "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- "Agapytho". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
- Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, S.A. (2005). "Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families". Invertebrate Systematics. Csiro Publishing. 19 (1): 17. doi:10.1071/IS04007.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Gimmel, Matthew L.; Szawaryn, Karol; Cai, Chenyang; Leschen, Richard A. B. (2019-12-18). "Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1917): 20192176. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2176. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6939926. PMID 31847777.
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