Acropteryx

Acropteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Acropteronini
Doyen, 1989
Genus: Acropteryx
Gistel, 1831
Type species
Acropteryx rufipes
Gistel, 1831
Synonyms
List
  • Acropteron Perty, 1832
  • Acropteroxys Gistel, 1831 [lapsus]
  • Acropterum Agassiz, 1846
  • Arthroplatus Solier, 1851
  • Sphenosoma Dejean, 1834

Acropteryx is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. They are found in the Neotropics.[1][2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Acropteryx:[1][3]

  • Acropteryx chabrieri (Fleutiaux & Sallé, 1890)
  • Acropteryx crenaticolle (Mäklin, 1862)
  • Acropteryx fastigiatum (Mäklin, 1862)
  • Acropteryx humile (Mäklin, 1862)
  • Acropteryx rufipes Gistel, 1831

References

  1. ^ a b "Acropteryx". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2021). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1050....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. hdl:10261/250214. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.
  3. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Merkl, Ottó; Davies, Anthony E. (2021-07-26). "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)". ZooKeys (1050): 1–633. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1050....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8328949. PMID 34385881.