Episernus
Episernus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Infraorder:
Bostrichiformia
Superfamily:
Bostrichoidea
Family:
Ptinidae
Subfamily:
Ernobiinae
Genus:
Episernus

Thomson, 1863

Episernus is a genus of beetle[1] ranging in Holarctic, of western distribution in North America, including the Palearctic and the Nearctic. Episernus is similar to Ernobius, but the side margin of the pronotum in the anterior part is effaced, and the antennae are 10-segmented.[1] They consume conifers. For males, the body is more slender. In females, the antennae are shorter.[1]

Selected species

  • Episernus angulicollis Thomson, 1863
  • Episernus champlaini Fisher 1919 (Ernobius)
  • Episernus ganglbaueri Schilsky, 1898
  • Episernus gentilis (Rosenhauer, 1847)
  • Episernus granulatus Weise, 1887
  • Episernus henschi Reitter, 1901
  • Episernus hispanus Kiesenwetter, 1877
  • Episernus pyrenaeus Maran, 1941
  • Episernus striatellus (C. Brisout de Barneville, 1863)
  • Episernus sulcicollis Schilsky, 1898
  • Episernus taygetanus Maran, 1941
  • Episernus trapezoideus Fall 1905 (Ernobius)
  • Episernus turcicus Zahradník, 1998

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genus Episernus - BugGuide.Net", BugGuide.net, web: BG-412.
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